Date: 1779, 1781
"The diction, being the vehicle of the thoughts, first presents itself to the intellectual eye; and if the first appearance offends, a further knowledge is not often sought."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1793
In sleep "Our tired attention resigns the helm, ideas swim before us in wild confusion, and are attended with less and less distinctness, till at length they leave no traces in the memory."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)