Date: 1692
"Gold first their Blindfold Reason led astray"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1694
"An obliging Design, which wou'd procure them inward Beauty, to whom Nature has unkindly denied the outward; and not permit those Ladies who have comely Bodies, to tarnish their Glory with deformed Souls."
preview | full record— Astell, Mary (1666-1731)
Date: 1698
"You have paid Your sad Respects to Her; be not now wanting to Your selves: but 'Gird up the Loins of Your Mind', and be Ye comforted!"
preview | full record— Atterbury, Francis (1663-1732)
Date: 1700
"What does the World think of this holding up the Buckler, they put but a bad Construction upon it, and say that his Conscience is Ulcerated, that you cannot touch any String, but it will answer to some painful place."
preview | full record— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)