Date: 1742
"Thus on soft sophas in her cave reclin'd, / Slept the fam'd goddess of the leaden mind."
preview | full record— Dodd, William (1729-1777)
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. "
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1743
"With the same Cement [Authority], ever sure to bind, / We bring to one dead level ev'ry mind"
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
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."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Date: 1745
"Thou'lt weep, I know thy gentle Soul, my Fair, / No senseless Steel, no rugged Flint dwells there."
preview | full record— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)