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: 1779, 1781
"The diction, being the vehicle of the thoughts, first presents itself to the intellectual eye; and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)