Date: 1701, 1704

"The application of our Thoughts to other Subjects is like looking upon the Rays of the Sun as it shines to us from a Wall, or upon the Image of it as it returns from a Watry Mirrour, but this is looking up directly against the Fons veri lucidus, the bright Source of Intellectual Light a...

— Norris, John (1657-1712)

Date: 1701, 1704

"And tho' Truth be the Food of the Soul, and the relish of it be very Delicious and Savoury to its Tast, and tho' even in this Sense also 'Light be sweet,and a pleasant thing it is to the Eye to behold the Sun', yet it is painful and troublesom to behold it So, and Men Love Shade and Darkness, ra...

— Norris, John (1657-1712)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Implant, to ingraft, fix or fasten, in the Mind."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Ingraft, to graft, to let a Graft or young Shoot into the stock of a Tree, to implant, imprint, or fix in the Mind."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Innate Principles, certain Original Notions or Characters which some Philosophers will have to be stamp'd on the Mind of Man when it first receives its Being."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Reminiscence, the Faculty, or Power of rememb'ring, whereby such Ideas, or Notions, as were once perceived, or imprinted on the Mind, but afterwards forgotten, are call'd again and brought fresh to its Remembrance."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Revolve, to cast about in one's Mind."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Ruminate, to chew the Cud: In a figurative Sense, to ponder seriously, to weigh in Mind, to consider, muse, or think upon."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Serenity or Sereneness, clearness of the Sky, fair Weather, calmness of Mind, chearfulness of Looks."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Strike, to beat or hit, to affect or make an Impression upon the Senses or Mind; to make Measure even with a Strike or Strickle,"

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)