Date: 1775
"But, as I have said before, I do not think that ethic philosophy can ever be a gainer, by overstraining the sinews of the human mind."
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Date: 1775
"Then Peace shall heal this wounded breast, / That pants to see another blest, / From selfish passion pure."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: 1776
"But various are the effects of the same disease, upon the human body, and as various are the effects of the self-same passion upon the human mind.--I think that last a good pretty philosophical sort of a sentence.--'Tis poetical, at least."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"O Lucy, if you ever loved me, strive, I conjure you, to assuage her gentle sorrows, and pour the balm of friendship on her wounded heart!"
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"I know not why, but my spirits are uncommonly low at present, there is no nostrum for a mind diseased, and therefore your kind wish for your suffering friends is vain."
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Date: 1777
Compliance may be a balsam to the mind
preview | full record— Savage, Mary (fl. 1763-1777)
Date: 1777
"Study, as it rescues the mind from an inordinate fondness for gaming, dress, and public amusements, is an oeconomical propensity; for a lady may read at much less expence than she can play at cards; as it requires some application, it gives the mind an habit of industry; as it is a relief agains...
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Date: 1777
"It is true, the mind, as well as the eye, can take in objects larger than itself; but this is only true of great minds: for a man of low capacity, who considers a consummate genius, resembles one, who seeing a column for the first time, and standing at too great a distance to take in the whole o...
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Date: 1777
"Good sense has not so piercing an eye, but it has as clear a sight: it does not penetrate so deeply, but as far as it does see, it discerns distinctly."
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