Date: 1745

"Nought now has Charms or Terrors to my Breast, / The Seat of stupid Woe!"

— Thomson, James (1700-1748)

Date: 1745

"The conscious Mind is its own awful World."

— Thomson, James (1700-1748)

Date: 1745

"Drink early then, my Friend, at Reason's Bowl, / And fill with wholesome Draughts thy youthful Soul. / If Wine or Gall the Recent Vessel stains, / Each Scent alike the faithful Cask retains."

— Whaley, John (bap. 1710, d. 1745)

Date: 1745

"The Spirit's attesting seal impart, / And speak to every sinner's heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1745

"Stamp us with the stamp Divine, / Seal our souls for ever Thine"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1745

"The body is but the house; the soul is the tenant that inhabits it; the body is the instrument; the soul the artist that directs it."

— Mason, John (1706-1763)

Date: 1746

Nature may imprint her seal on the heart

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

Thought may be breathed "in numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong"

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: 1746

Science, "pranked in tissued vest," is dressed by Reason, Pride and Fancy and comes like a bride to wed Doubt

— Collins, William (1721-1759)

Date: November 6, 1746

"She [Desdemona] saw, as the truly valuable Part of the Sex do, Othello's Visage in his Mind; she was too innocent and resigned to be guarded against the Wiles of envious and designing Men; and thus, while basking in the Sunshine of Love, and sporting in the Splendor of its divine Emanations, she...

— Horsley, William (attrib.)