Date: 1743
"Enthusiasts of all ages were ever, in their natural state, most heavy and lumpish; but on the least application of heat, they run like lead, which of all metals falls quickest into fusion. "
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Date: 1743
"With the same Cement [Authority], ever sure to bind, / We bring to one dead level ev'ry mind"
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Date: 1743
"Whereas fire in a Genius is truly Promethean, it hurts not its constituent parts, but only fits it (as it does well-tempered steel) for the necessary impressions of art."
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Date: 1761
"Ye Pow'rs above my Breast with courage steel, / That when the Hour arrives, I may not feel / A Mother's weakness melting this sad Heart"
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Date: 1766, 1806
"Let this pervade at length thy heart of steel; / Yet, yet return, nor blush, Oh man! to feel."
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Date: 1773
"'Prepare (he said) the tragic scene to close, / 'And shun the fate that iron-hearts impose"
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