Date: 1700
"For (says he) Man can no more be a Light to his Mind than he is to his Body: And thence infers, that as the Eye has no Light in it self, so neither the Understanding."
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Date: 1700
"He makes our Nature and Minds wholly Dark of themselves, only succeptible of Super-natural light, when sent into our Understanding."
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Date: 1700
" I will not take advantage of the Philosophy of this; for, I suppose his meaning to be, that it is Natural to the Understanding to Receive a Light that is infused into it, as for the Eye to see by an Extraneous light; that is, it is an Organ fitted to Receive Light, tho' it has none in it self; ...
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Date: 1700
"And so, tho they have Reason, yet are they not Reasonable, because that Reason is none of their own, only as Gifted, that is, Accidental, but not Natural to them; and so they can no more be called Rational, than a Bag can be called Rich, that has Money in it."
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Date: 1704
"Fetch me, said she, a mighty Bowl, / Like Oberon's capacious Soul."
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Date: 1708
"You know, Lavinia, once I lov'd you well; / Nor has your Crimes yet chang'd my Heart to Steel."
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Date: 1709
A Lady wounded in love may "strive to conquer Hearts, / And triumph o'er their Pain"
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Date: 1715
In death "all to the same Dungeon are confin'd" and "No Busie Thoughts invade the Labouring Mind"
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Date: 1715
"As unregarded thro' the Vaulted Skies, / The Wat'ry South in Noisy Tempest flies: / Just so the vain Expressions touch our Mind, / Nor any strong Impressions leave behind."
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Date: 1715
"When all alone she was surpriz'd to find / Such strong Impressions on her feeble Mind."
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