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Date: 1691
"Instead of those sage and grave Notions that used to fill my Head, 'twas cramm'd top full of Whimseys and Whirligigs, by the vehement agitation of my distemper'd Fancy, as ever a Carkase-shell with Instruments of Death and Murder."
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: 1691
'My very Brains (as Manichæus's Skin) are stuff'd with Chaff."
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: Licens'd Decemb. 22. 1691
"For still I did preserve your Image in my Heart, and you were ever present to my dearest Thoughts."
preview | full record— Congreve, William (1670-1729)