Date: w. prior to April 1770; 1785, 1837, 1875
"Not yet contented with his boundless sway, / Which all perforce must outwardly obey, / He thought to throw his chain upon the mind; / Nor would he leave conjecture unconfined."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1777
"Pale-eyed Affright, his heart of silver hue, / In vain essayed her bosom to acale."
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Date: 1778
" In thee, by art, the demon stands confest, / But nature on thy soul has stamped the god."
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Date: 1778
"To melancholy thoughts awakes the soul, / And lulls the mind to contemplation's dream"
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Date: 1783
Children's "minds, like a sheet of white paper, are susceptible to every impression"
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: November 28, 1783
"Our Maker has given us this faithful internal monitor [the conscience], and if you always obey it, you will always be prepared for the end of the world, or for a more certain event, which is death."
preview | full record— Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Date: w. 1769, 1784
Religion "'Tis fancy all, distempers of the mind / As Education taught us, we're inclined."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: w. 1769, 1784
"Happy (if Mortals can be) is the Man, / Who, not by Priest but Reason, rules his span:"
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1784
Cupid is "Ever gaining conquered hearts" by using Miss Hoyland's beauty as a bow
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Date: 1785
"Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body, and stamp no character on the mind."
preview | full record— Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)