Date: 1729
"We have a faint Image of these Operations in Hawking: For Memory may be justly compar'd to the Dog that beats the Field, or the Wood, and that starts the Game; Imagination to the Falcon that clips it upon its Pinions after it; and Judgment to the Falconer, who directs the Flight, and who governs...
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Date: 1737
"Souls for ever live: / But often their old Habitations leave, / To dwell in new; which them, as Guests, receive."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Confounded with the Crowd of various Thoughts, / And stiff'ning with Amaze, the Hero stood, / In Silence deep."
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Date: 1737
"Vain Wretch! Ambition fires his Breast, / Impetuous, dire, tormenting Guest!"
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