Date: 1763

"Quit then, in prudence quit, that idle train / Of toys, which have so long abus'd thy brain, / And captive led thy pow'rs; with boundless will / Let SELF maintain her state and empire still."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

Date: December, 1763; 1774

"'Tis Conscience, a reward alone, / Conscience, who plac'd on Virtue's throne, / Eyes raging men, or raging seas, / Undaunted, firm, with heart at ease."

— Lloyd, Robert (bap. 1733, d. 1764)

Date: 1763

"The Judge within the Mind, shall ev'ry Cause / Impartial weigh, and cancel useless Laws"

— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)

Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

"Throw Envy, Folly, Prejudice behind! / And yield to Truth the empire of the mind"

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

Date: 1763, 1765; 1766

""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."

— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

Date: 1763

Reason may rule the breast

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

Date: 1764

Brave rage, a "grand master passion," may flame out for country

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

Date: 1764

"Mindful of that high rank in which I stand, / Of millions lord, sole ruler in the land, / Let me, and Reason shall her aid afford, / Rule my own spirit, of myself be lord."

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

Date: 1764

Philosophy may overturn Reason's throne and strive "proudly in its place to plant her own"

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

Date: 1764

Philosophy may be undermined, her empire thrown down, "By means of sense, from whom she holds the crown"

— Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)