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Date: 1785
"Besides, so great a mind as his cannot be moved by inferior objects: an elephant does not run and skip like lesser animals."
preview | full record— Boswell, James (1740-1795)
Date: 1789
"I found him a present help in the time of need, and the captain's fury began to subside as the night approached: but I found, 'That he who cannot stem his anger's tide / Doth a wild horse without a bridle ride.'"
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)
