Date: 1749

"When she, with all the Magnet's Pow'r, / Draws to her sweet enchanting Bow'r / Heroic Souls, and Hearts of Steel."

— Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

Date: 1748, 1749

Wherefore a soul of clay, capable of discerning at one glance, the relations, and consequences of an infinite number of ideas, that are difficult to apprehend, would be evidently preferable to a heavy and stupid soul, formed of the most precious elements."

— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)

Date: 1748, 1749

"Wit contracts rust amongst those that have none."

— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)

Date: 1748, 1749

"Words, languages, laws, sciences, and the liberal arts were introduced in time, and by them the rough diamond of our understanding was polished."

— Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709-1751)

Date: 1749

"Not all the Gems, which Indian Mines prepare, / Can with that Ruby in thy Soul compare: / Its bright'ning Blaze like Aaron's Breast shall shine, / Alike refulgent, and alike divine"

— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

Date: 1749

"Happy soul, as silver tried, / Silver seven times purified, / Love hath broke the rock of stone, / All thy hardness melted down"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1749

"Yes; our soul the iron enters, / Sin is perfect misery"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1749

"Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1749

"From all idolatrous excess, / From earthly dross refine, / And on my simple heart impress / The character Divine"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1749

"For such was the Compassion which inhabited Mr. Allworthy's Mind, that nothing but the Steel of Justice could ever subdue it. "

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)