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Date: 1719
One may have "several times loud Calls from [his] Reason and [his] more composed Judgment to go home"
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1719
"[N]ay, they were not subjected to so many Distempers and Uneasinesses either of Body or Mind, as those were, who by vicious Living, Luxury and Extravagancies on one Hand, or by hard Labour, want of Necessaries, and mean or insufficient Diet on the other Hand, bring Distempers upon themselves by ...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1719
"I was not so much surpriz'd with the Lightning, as I was with a Thought which darted into my Mind as swift as the Lightning it self: O my Powder!"
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1721
"Her Mind well suited the fair Cabinet that contained it; she was humble, generous, unaffected, yet learned, wise, modest, and prudent above her Years or Sex; gay in Conversation, but by Nature thoughtful; had all the Softness of a Woman, with the Constancy and Courage of a Hero: In fine, her Sou...
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1723
"The first Transports of his Passion being thus conquered, he began to be resigned"
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1723
"[Y]ou must use your Reason; conquer that Passion which is now unlawful and injurious to your repose"
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: Monday, May 25, 1724
"The Mind of Will. Weathercock is like the Sail of a great Ship, that has Room, to contain much Wind; but, having none, of its own producing, is swell'd out, by Turns, from all the Quarters of the Compass."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1726
"Here I discovered the Roguery and Ignorance of those who pretend to write Anecdotes, or secret History who send so many Kings to their Graves with a Cup of Poison; will repeat the Discourse between a Prince and Chief Minister, where no Witness was by; unlock the Thoughts and Cabinets of E...
preview | full record— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Date: 1726
"But the whole Scene of this Voyage made so strong an Impression on my Mind, and is so deeply fixed in my Memory, that in committing it to Paper I did not omit one material Circumstance."
preview | full record— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Date: 1726
"Reason alone is sufficient to govern a Rational Creature; which was therefore a Character we had no Pretence to challenge"
preview | full record— Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
