Date: 1734
"Such the Dalrymples, Father and the Son, / Whose virtuous Minds no servile Chains can wear."
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)
Date: 1734
"Hail, holy souls, no more confin'd / To limbs and bones that clog the mind; / Ye have escap'd the snares, and left the chains behind."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Slave to thy self, whilst Lord of all beside, / Surmount thy Weakness, or renounce thy Pride."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: 1734, 1753
"Bold, in your guarded strength, your heart unbind, / And, to be safe--suppose yourself all mind."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1702 [1735, 1779, 1779-80, 1790]
"O generous Sympathy, that binds / In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735
"Affection is the Chain of grateful Minds."
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: w. before June 1735?
"Let vows or benefits the vulgar bind, / Such ties can never chain th' intrepid mind."
preview | full record— Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [née Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)
Date: 1735-6
"Snatch'd by these wonders to that world where thought / Unfetter'd ranges, Fancy's magic hand / Led me anew o'er all the solemn scene, / Still in the mind's pure eye more solemn dress'd."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1735-6
"The Persian fetters, that inthrall'd the mind, / Were turn'd to formal and apparent chains."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1735-6
"Britons! be firm!--nor let corruption sly / Twine round your heart indissoluble chains!"
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)