Date: 1734
"We may see God indeed in his Works, for the Heavens declare his Glory, and there may be an impression of his almighty Power upon our minds some other way than by our own Reasoning or making Inferences from the things that strike our Senses."
preview | full record— Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord (1678-1762)
Date: 1734
"And there seems to be the like Impression on the Minds of the generality of Mankind, very much to the honour of the divine Wisdom, that God draws Order out of Confusion."
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Date: 1734
"How shall the Wheel of the Imagination that's continually in motion, be either stop'd or regulated?"
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Date: w. December 1742, 1760
"Honour erected in thy breast its throne, / And kind Humanity was all thy own."
preview | full record— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)