Date: 1713, 1734
"And although it may, perhaps, seem an uneasy reflexion to some, that when they have taken a circuit through so many refined and unvulgar notions, they should at last come to think like other men: yet, methinks, this return to the simple dictates of Nature, after having wandered through the wild ...
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
Date: 1760-1761, 1762
"Thus, as a bark on every side beset with storms, enjoys a state of rest, so does the mind, when influenced by a just equipoise of the passions, enjoy tranquility"
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)
Date: 1774
"The pupil of impulse, it [his heart] forced him along, / His conduct still right, with his argument wrong; / Still aiming at honour, yet fearing to roam, / The coachman was tipsy, the chariot drove home."
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)