Date: 1684
"But Settle, and the Rest, that writ for Pence, / Whose whole Estate's an ounce, or two of Brains"
preview | full record— Oldham, John (1653-1683)
Date: 1684
"My lady knows t' a tittle what there's in ye; / No passing your gilt shilling for a guinea."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1685
Eternal troubles may haunt an anxious mind
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1685
One's thoughts and joys may be "all pack'd up and gone"
preview | full record— Mason, John (1646?-1694)
Date: 1685
"These bugbears of the mind, this inward hell, / No rays of outward sunshine can dispel; / But nature and right reason must display / Their beams abroad, and bring the darksome soul to day."
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1685
Tho' a World of dull Bullion your essence do's hold, / Scarce an Atom of Soul was cast into the Mould, / Room enough, and to spare lavish Nature allows, / But provides not a Tenant to suit with the House
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, The Elder (bap. 1662, d. 1735)
Date: 1687
"But, when arrived at last to human race, / The Godhead took a deep considering space; / And, to distinguish man from all the rest, / Unlocked the sacred treasures of his breast; / And mercy mixt with reason did impart, / One to his head, the other to his heart; / Reason to rule, but mercy to f...
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1687
"Such Beings Philosophick heads relate / Of heavenly stamp"
preview | full record— Heyrick, Thomas (bap. 1649. d. 1694)
Date: 1687
"Our Souls are in one mutual Knot combin'd, / Not Common Passion, Dull and Unrefin'd"
preview | full record— Ayres, Philip (1638-1712)
Date: 1688
"[C]urst Suspitions" may haunt the "tortur'd Mind"
preview | full record— Ames, Richard (bap. 1664?, d. 1692)