Date: 1723
"Can'st say what diff'rent Turns the Spirits take, / When they of diff'rent Kinds Impressions make; / What vital Springs those Spirits in their Flight / Strike to cause Torment, what to give Delight."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1733-4
"What if the head, the eye or ear repin'd / To serve mere engines to the ruling Mind?"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1733-4
"Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; / Reason's comparing balance rules the whole."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)