Date: 1686, 1712
"Here, even my Will's a slave to Passions made, / Passions which have its Liberty betray'd."
preview | full record— Arwaker, Edmund (c.1655-1730)
Date: 1686, 1712
"O! that some usual Labour were injoyn'd, / And not the Tyrant Vice enslav'd my mind! / No weight of Chains cou'd grieve my captive Hands, / Like the loath'd Drudg'ry of its base Commands."
preview | full record— Arwaker, Edmund (c.1655-1730)
Date: 1741
"But Thou shalt rise superior to their Arts, / And fix Thy Empire in a People's Hearts."
preview | full record— Nugent, Robert [or Craggs] (1702-1788)
Date: 1758
Truth is the "Great queen of harmony ... whose moral scepter rules the hearts of kings"
preview | full record— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)
Date: 1796
"It was expected that he would have re-asserted the justice of his cause; that he would have re-animated whatever remained to him of his allies, and endeavoured to recover those whom their fears had led astray; that he would have re-kindled the martial ardour of his citizens; that he would have h...
preview | full record— Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)
Date: 1796
"Conscience is formally deposed from its dominion over the mind."
preview | full record— Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)