Date: 1673
Modest "is indeed a vertu of a general influence; does not only ballast the mind with sober and humble thoughts of ones self, but also steers every part of the outward frame."
preview | full record— Allestree, Richard (1611/2-1681)
Date: 1675
"Thou say'st, the spirit is a silent voyce, / VVhence is it then thou mak'st so great a noyse?"
preview | full record— Keach, Benjamin (1640-1704)
Date: 1697
"Many fleeting Thoughts pass through the Soul without Observation, and leave no Trace or Idea behind them"
preview | full record— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)
Date: 1697
"As when you make Cogitation in us to be like Motion in Matter, which receives its Motion from external Impression"
preview | full record— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)
Date: 1697
"Upon your Supposition That all our Thoughts perish in sound Sleep, and all Cogitation is extinct, we seem to have a new Soul every Morning."
preview | full record— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)