Date: 1700
"August and Open, as the Hero's Mind, / Be her capacious Courts design'd."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: 1702
"When Friends converse together Face to Face; / Then freely they Unbosom their Requests, / And treasure Secrets in each others Breasts, / As in firm Cabinets, close lock'd, where none / Can find the Key, but only each his own."
preview | full record— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)
Date: w. 1682, 1702
"True Friendship found not room / Within those narrow bounded Breasts, / The Lodging of Self-Interest,"
preview | full record— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)
Date: w. 1682, 1702
One finds "true Content in any Lot; / Since in the Closet of his Mind / Dwells Solace not to be defin'd"
preview | full record— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)
Date: 1702
"Now some may say, What Daniel, couldst not thou / In Heart, and in thy private Closet bow, / And make Petition in his Ear, that hears / Deep Sighs and Groans, as well as louder Prayers"
preview | full record— Mollineux [née Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)
Date: 1703, 1718
Fancy may "fickle reign in Reason's Seat, / And Thy wild Empire, Anarchy, uphold"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1710
"The Saints began with all their art, / To vouch their Zeal to Q*****n, and Court, / In such Addresses as might best / Open the Windows of their Breast, / That Sacred Majesty might see / Their Ancient Love and Loyalty"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1711
"Then you would have this variously disposing of the Images to be the work of the Spirits, that act under the Soul, as so many Labourers under some great Architect."
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)
Date: 1711
"And reflecting on what is transacted within us, it seems to me a very diverting Scene to think when we strive to recollect something that does not then occur; how nimbly those volatil Messengers of ours will beat through all the Paths, and hunt every Enclosure of the Organ set aside for thinking...
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)
Date: 1712, 1796
"Her body delicate, wherein enshrin'd, / As in its temple, dwelt a virtuous mind."
preview | full record— Ellwood, Thomas (1639-1713)