Date: 1774
"The attraction of the magnet is only exerted upon similar particles; and to taste the beauties of Homer it is requisite to partake his fire: but every one can relish the author who represents common life, because every one can refer to the originals from whence his ideas were taken"
preview | full record— Barbauld, Anna Letitia [née Aikin] (1743-1825)
Date: 1792
"Man, taking her body, the mind is left to rust; so that while physical love enervates man, as being his favourite recreation, he will endeavour to enslave woman."
preview | full record— Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)