Date: 1694

"Self-Knowledge properly siginifies to contemplate our own Natures in their Idea, to draw our own Image and Picture as like the Original as we can, and to view our selves in it."

— Sherlock, William (1639/40-1707)

Date: 1696

"My Lord, said that charming Maid, were I to behold a Man Masculine, yet Beautiful, Great, yet truly Brave; A Prince whose Virtues, brighter than his Diadems, appear; one more glorious than boundless Fancy can to the thinking Mind depaint; and, not convinc'd by signal proofs, his heart inclin'd, ...

— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)

Date: 1698

"People love to see their Passions painted no less than their Persons: And like Narcissus are apt to dote on their own Image."

— Collier, Jeremy (1650-1726)

Date: 1699

"Now all these Expressions [concerning natural conscience] seem to signifie clear and distinct Representations, as Pictures or Sculptures represent their Originals."

— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)

Date: 1699

Natural or original impressions are "like Monograms or Sketches, that want their full Lines and Colours to compleat them; and yet one may discern what or whom they are made to represent, though imperfectly drawn"

— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)

Date: 1700

"Unfinish'd Notions in the Mind he sees, / And the rude Lines of half-drawn Images."

— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)