Date: 1754
"Intellect, the artificer, works lamely without his proper instrument, sense; which is the case when he works on moral ideas."
preview | full record— St John, Henry, styled first Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)
Date: 1755
"Ideas of the same race, though not exactly alike, are sometimes so little different, that no words can express the dissimilitude, though the mind easily perceives it, when they are exhibited together; and sometimes there is such a confusion of acceptations, that discernment is wearied, and disti...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1759
"He shewed, with great strength of sentiment, and variety of illustration, that human nature is degraded and debased, when the lower faculties predominate over the higher; that when fancy, the parent of passion, usurps the dominion of the mind, nothing ensues but the natural effect of unlawful go...
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Date: 1762
"Nor as a transient guest depart, / But dwell for ever in my heart."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1762
" Far from the crowd / Of passions loud, / Thyself to me discover"
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Date: 1780
"Tread down Thy foes, with power control / The beast and devil in my soul."
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