Date: Saturday, Aug. 3, 1754; 1756

"As for Instance, when the Poet says of Dido, that she is devoured by an inward Flame."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"Not all / His lenient arts, his favours heap'd upon me, / Shall cool the burning anguish of my soul."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"And to himself unknown within his breast / Unconscious bears the gen'rous glowing flame / Of all the virtues of his royal line."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"When a whole people's minds are once inflamed / For their religious rights, their fury burns / With rage more dreadful, as the source is holy."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"Support our virtue:--kindle in our souls / A ray of your divine enthusiasm; / Such as inflames the patriot's breast, and lifts / Th'impassion'd mind to that sublime of virtue, / That even on the rack it feels the good, / Which in a single hour it works for millions, / And leaves the legacy to af...

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"Rather say / That strong imagination burns within thee."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"How my heart burns within me!"

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"By heaven that thought / lifts up my kindling soul / With renovated fire."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"Oh! this dire whirl of thought--my brain's on fire."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)