Date: 1725

A "longing mind" may be racked with cares brought before the eyes.

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)

Date: 1725

"Nor longer then she has the Heart to strive; / Yielding to all th' Impressions of his Flame"

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)

Date: 1725

"In Pieces took here we are shewn the whole / Clock-work and Mechanism of the Soul; / May see the Movements, Labyrinths, and Strings, / Its Wires, and Wheels, and Balances, and Springs; / How 'tis wound up to its full Height, and then / What checks, and stops, and settles it again."

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)

Date: 1725

"Momus himself cou'd not have more descry'd, / Had he his Window to the Mind apply'd, / (So clear the Images appear) than we / In this true Philosophick Mirror see."

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)

Date: 1725

"Come, Reader, learn here what thou art, come see / Thy inmost Pow'rs; acquaint thy self with Thee, / View here the secret and mysterious Guest, / The Tenant, yet the Stranger of thy Breast"

— Glanvil, John (1664-1735)