Date: 1731
"And therefore it [the soul] is not present with it only as a Mariner with a Ship, that is, meerly Locally, or knowingly and unpassionately present, they still continuing two distinct Things; but it is vitally united to it, and passionately present with it. And therefore when the Body is hurt, th...
preview | full record— Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)
Date: Published serially, 1765-1770
"[A]nd then it was that my Sins came crowding into my Mind, and I believe I was the only Person of the Ship's Company who trembled"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 2000
"It's the medium-sized thoughts that jump ship in an emergency."
preview | full record— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)