Date: 1641
"As Lots wife was turned into a Pillar of Salt, that her inconstancie might be fixt, and yet be melting still: So, thou, my Soule, if I had my wish, shouldst be turned into a Pillar of Thoughts; that thy volubility might be restrain'd, and yet be thinking still."
preview | full record— Baker, Richard, Sir (c. 1568-1645)
Date: 1651
"Attraction is a ministering faculty, which, as a loadstone doth iron, draws meat into the stomach, or as a lamp doth oil; and this attractive power is very necessary in plants, which suck up moisture by the root, as, another mouth, into the sap, as a like stomach."
preview | full record— Burton, Robert (1577-1640)
Date: 1656
"Thales argued, that the Load-stone, and Amber had soules; the first because it drawes Iron, the second Straw."
preview | full record— Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678)
Date: 1657
Fancy is "The forge of shapes and dreams."
preview | full record— Poole, Joshua (c.1615–c.1656)