Date: 1743
"My Mind was like a City up in Arms, all Confusion; and every new Thought was a fresh Disturber of my Peace."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: Saturday, November 3, 1750
"When we have heated our zeal in a cause, and elated our confidence with success, we are naturally inclined to persue the same train of reasoning, to establish some collateral truth, to remove some adjacent difficulty, and to take in the whole comprehension of our system. As a prince in the ardou...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: [1782]
"I have already mentioned the BRAIN as the Capital Organ of all Sensation, and from it the Nerves all originate."
preview | full record— Martin, Benjamin (bap. 1705, d. 1782)