Date: 1763, 1765; 1766
""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."
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Date: 1764
Brave rage, a "grand master passion," may flame out for country
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Date: 1764
"Mindful of that high rank in which I stand, / Of millions lord, sole ruler in the land, / Let me, and Reason shall her aid afford, / Rule my own spirit, of myself be lord."
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Date: 1764
Philosophy may overturn Reason's throne and strive "proudly in its place to plant her own"
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Date: 1764
Philosophy may be undermined, her empire thrown down, "By means of sense, from whom she holds the crown"
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Date: 1764
"The stars, who, by I know not what strange right, / Preside o'er mortals in their own despite, / Who, without reason, govern those who most / (How truly, judge from thence!) of reason boast, / And, by some mighty magic yet unknown, / Our actions guide, yet cannot guide their own."
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Date: 1764
"The moon, who holds o'er night her silver reign" is "Regent of tides, and mistress of the brain"
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Date: 1764?
"Whether we will or no, Through reason's court doth [the word lord] unquestion'd go"
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Date: 1764?
"Judge Reason view'd him with an eye of grace, / Look'd through his soul, and quite forgot his face"
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