Date: 1677
There are "connate Principles engraven in the humane Soul"
preview | full record— Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676)
Date: 1670, rev. 1678
"Youth and white paper take any impression."
preview | full record— Ray [formerly Wray], John (1627-1705)
Date: 1679
"O stay, my Muse! reach me an Iron Pen, / T' engrave this on the marble hearts of men"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1679
"Looking me then to th' very Heart, / And with her Eye engraving there, / What e're she spake, in a deep Character, / Fixt and Compos'd"
preview | full record— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Date: 1679
" But make me' a Seal upon Thy Heart! / A Badg Thou on Thy Arm mayst wear,"
preview | full record— Woodford, Samuel (1636-1700)
Date: 1680
Faults may be blotted from the breast
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1680
"Those worthy deeds which he hath wrought / VVithin each breast, have left behind / Impressions, time can never blot"
preview | full record— Chamberlayne, Sir James (c.1640-1699)
Date: 1681
"My Lady Millicent did me the honour to inform of some expressions of yours in favour of me; each syllable of which is engraven in my heart"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1681
The Law of Nature has often been "described and discoursed in metaphorical and allusive Expressions, such as Engravings, and Inscriptions, and the Tables of the Heart."
preview | full record— Parker, Samuel (1640-1688)
Date: 1682
"Fancy is but the Feather of the Pen; / Reason is that substantial useful part, / Which gains the Head, while t'other wins the Heart."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)