Date: Saturday, May 7, to Tuesday, May 10, 1709
"When we first take our place about a man, the receptacles of the pericranium are immediately searched. In his, I found no one ordinary trace of thinking; but strong passion, violent desires, and a continued series of different changes, had torn it to pieces."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Date: Wednesday, August 1, 1711
"Thou art a Person of a light Mind; thy Drum is a Type of thee, it soundeth because it is empty."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)