Date: 1651, 1668
"Sometimes a man knows a place determinate, within the compass whereof he is to seek; and then his thoughts run over all the parts thereof, in the same manner as one would sweep a room, to find a jewel; or as a spaniel ranges the field, till he find a scent; or as a man should run over the alphab...
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Date: 1653
"Deare Brother, thy Idea in my mind doth lye, / And is intomb'd in my sad memory."
preview | full record— Cavendish, Margaret (1623-1673)
Date: 1653
"And some place may in th' head be hung with black, / Which makes us dull, yet know not what we lack."
preview | full record— Cavendish, Margaret (1623-1673)