Date: 1783
"When first the orient rays of beauty move / The conscious soul, they light the lamp of love"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Date: December 10, 1782; 1783
"Besides those minute differences in things which are frequently not observed at all, and when they are make little impression, there are in all considerable objects great characteristic distinctions, which press strongly on the senses, and therefore fix the imagination."
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
Date: December 10, 1782; 1783
"It may be remarked, that the impression which is left on our mind, even of things which are familiar to us, is seldom more than their general effect; beyond which we do not look in recognising such objects."
preview | full record— Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)
Date: December 10, 1782; 1783
"I only wish to impress on your minds the true distinction between essential and subordinate powers, and shew what qualities in the art claim your chief attention, and what may, with the least injury to your reputation, be neglected."
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Date: 1785
"In cities foul example on most minds / Begets its likeness"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
"The shifts and turns, / The expedients and inventions multiform / To which the mind resorts, in chase of terms / Though apt, yet coy, and difficult to win,-- / To arrest the fleeting images that fill / The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, / And force them sit, till he has pencil'd off / ...
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
"An heav'nly mind / May be indiff'rent to her house of clay, / And slight the hovel as beneath her care"
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Date: 1785
A body "queint in its deportment and attire" may (not) lodge "an heav'nly mind"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
Prejudice may take "deeper root" in "men of stronger minds"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1785
Learning may grow beneath Disciplines care, "a thriving and vigorous plant"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)