Date: 1767
"Man in this world, Sir, may be compared to a hackney-coach upon a stand; continually subject to be drawn by his unruly appetites, on one foolish jaunt or another; but you will say, if his appetites are horses, which as it were drag him along, reason is the coachman to rule those horses--But, Sir...
preview | full record— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)
Date: 1767
"Instant my Sense return'd, restor'd and whole, / To re-possess its empire of the soul. / So, when o'er Phoebus low-hung clouds prevail, / Sleep on each hill, and sadden ev'ry dale; / Sudden, up-springing from the north, invades / A purging wind, which first disturbs the shades; / Thins the black...
preview | full record— Harte, Walter (1708/9-1774)
Date: 1767
"She hath buried my heart in sorrow, and engraven dishonour on the tomb of her ancestors"
preview | full record— Hull, Thomas (1728-1808); Tuke, Sir Samuel (d. 1624)
Date: 1767
"Seamen have hearts of gold, sir, / Peace or in war, alike we show / Englishmen stout and bold, sir."
preview | full record— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Date: 1767
"We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold"
preview | full record— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Date: 1767
"A heart of oak, and breast of brass / Were his, who first presum'd on seas to pass, / And ever ventur'd to engage, / In a slight skiff, with ocean's desperate rage."
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771); Horace (65 B.C. -8 B.C.)
Date: 1767
"Though arm'd with iron breast, and heart of steel, / Who slew the lion fell, lov'd Hylas fair, / Young Hylas graceful with his curling hair"
preview | full record— Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777); Theocritus (3rd. Century. B.C.)
Date: 1767
"For oh the time will come, when you shall feel / Stabs in your heart more sharp than stabs of steel"
preview | full record— Dodd, William (1729-1777)
Date: 1767
"Shun, shun the Wretch, and case your Heart in Steel, / Lose not a Thought on those who cannot feel;"
preview | full record— Lloyd, Evan (1734-1776)
Date: 1767
"Love has made me stout and strong; /Has given me a charm, / Will not suffer me to fall; / Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm, / To guard my precious all."
preview | full record— Garrick, David (1717-1779)