Date: 1656
"It is impossible, Lady, except you should alter the Fabrick of his mind, unbend its appetite, or give it new desires; for as long as the divine soul creating breath, is clad with different disposing matter, and cast in several moulds, there will be Wise and Fooles."
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Date: 1685
"I shall see his outward form 'tis true, / But that is nothing lest I see his interior too."
preview | full record— Anonymous; Corneille (1606-1684)
Date: 1696
"The Common Lawyers devour the Body and Estate, the Spiritual Court the Soul."
preview | full record— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Date: 1696
"A Devil Gnaws and Tears my Breast."
preview | full record— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Date: 1796
"Fetters are needless where the affections are rivetted by beneficent actions. Thou hast left me free, and I am thy slave for ever; with my arms in bonds, I could have escaped, but thou fetterest my heart—I will never forsake thee!"
preview | full record— Anonymous; Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1796
"Alas! the door is locked and bolted, as the hearts of white men are."
preview | full record— Anonymous; Kotzebue (1761-1819)