Date: 1753, 1770
"Tho' liv'd he now he might appeal with scorn / To Lords, Knights, 'Squires and Doctors, yet unborn; / Or justly mad to Moloch's burning fane / Devote the choicest children of his brain."
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Date: 1754, 1793
"Let Logic's sons, mechanic throng, / Their syllogistic war prolong, / And reason's empire boast."
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Date: 1754, 1793
" Till Shakespeare touch'd the soul with all her smart, / And stamp'd her living image on the heart."
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Date: 1754, 1793
Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"
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Date: 1754, 1793
"All-perfect Wisdom, on each living soul, / Engrav'd this mandate, 'to preserve their frame, And hold entire the gen'ral orb of being.'"
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Date: 1754, 1793
"Desires more warm their natal throne maintain, / Platonic passions only reach the brain."
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Date: 1755, 1836
"Should man through Nature solitary roam, / His will his sovereign, every where his home, / What force would guard him from the lion's jaw?"
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Date: 1755, 1836
The Maker has "impress'd" on the human breast, a "sense of kindred, country, man"
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Date: 1755, 1836
One is mistaken if he hopes to find "In shades a med'cine for a troubled mind"
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Date: 1756, 1793
"Domestic troubles long my mind oppress'd, / And made the muse a stranger to my breast"
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