Date: November 4, 1672, 1673
"Thou Live, and yet speak against Drinking, the very thing that distinguishes the Life of Man from that of a Beast! Why, 'tis the onely Spur of Wit and Reason; I have heard more new thoughts in Drinking three hours, then the best Modern Play can furnish you with; Therefore if thou would'st Live, ...
preview | full record— Payne, Henry [alias Henry Nevill] (d. 1705?)
Date: 1696
Fancy may over-rule reason
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)