Date: 1751
"The imagination is thereby kept within bounds, and under due subjection to sense and reason."
preview | full record— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)
Date: 1751
"We first consider the nature of that act of the mind, which is termed belief; of which the immediate foundation is the testimony of our senses."
preview | full record— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)
Date: 1751
"It remains, therefore, that the motions performed by us, in consequence of an irritation, are owing to the original constitution of our frame, and law of union established by the all-wise Creator between the soul and body, whereby the former, immediately and without any exercise of reason, endea...
preview | full record— Whytt, Robert (1714-1766)
Date: 1751
"She addressed herself to him with a familiar air, observing, that she had heard much of his great knowledge, and was come to be a witness of his art, which she desired him to display, in declaring what he knew to be her ruling passion."
preview | full record— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Date: 1751
One may meet with an object that disputes the empire of one's heart with a beloved
preview | full record— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Date: 1751
A beloved may acquire "the most absolute empire over" a lover's soul
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Date: 1753
Indignation and Sorrow may be predominant passions
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Date: 1754, 1793
"Let Logic's sons, mechanic throng, / Their syllogistic war prolong, / And reason's empire boast."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1754, 1793
Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"
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