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Date: 1641
"But I see what it is: my mind enjoys wandering off and will not yet submit to being restrained within the bounds of truth. Very well then; just this once let us give it a completely free rein, so that after a while, when it is time to tighten the reins, it may more readily submit to being curbed."
preview | full record— Descartes, René (1596-1650)
Date: 1693
"For should I let these Thoughts but rove / They'd fix upon Tyrannick Love."
preview | full record— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)
Date: 1693
Thoughts may "transcend all the Bounds of Air, / And like a blazing Comet ... inflame my Sphere."
preview | full record— Hawkshaw, Benjamin (1671/2-1738)
