Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Contemplation, Contemplating, Meditation, Study: In Metaphysicks, it is Defin'd to be the preserving of an Idea or Conception, which is brought into the Mind, for some time actually in View."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Dazzle, to hurt the Sight, with too muc Light, to surprize the Mind; to tempt, to decoy, to beguile."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Elate, (Lat.) puffed up, transported, lofty, proud, haughty; as A Man of an Elate Mind. "

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Imprint, to Engrave, or fix a thing in one's Mind."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"To Instill, to pour in by little and little, to let fall drop by drop; in a figurative Sense to infuse Principles or Notions, so that the may glide insensibly into the Mind."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Longanimity, (Lat. q.d. Length of Mind) Longsuffering, great Patices, or Forbearance. "

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Luciferous, that brings Light: as Luciferous Experiments, a Term us'd by Naturlaists, for such Experiments as serve to inform and inlighten the Mind, about some Truth of Speculation in Physick or Philosophy."

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706 [first published 1658]

"Plantal, causing to sprout forth, or grow; as in The Plantal Faculties of the Soul. "

— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)

Date: 1706

"But FANCY, that unease Guest / Still holds a Lodging in our Beast; / She finds or frames Vexations still, / Her self the greatest Plague we feel."

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

Date: 1706

"But oh the crowds of wretched [married] souls / Fetter'd to minds of different moulds, / And chain'd t'eternal strife!"

— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)