Date: 1708
"From whence he concluded, that the Spirit which actuated any Species was one and the same; only distributed among so many Hearts, as there were Individuals in that Species, so that if it were possible for all that Spirit, which is so divided among so many Hearts, to be Collected into one Recepta...
preview | full record— Ockley, Simon (bap. 1679, d. 1720)
Date: 1708
"For instance, suppose the same Water be pour'd out into different Vessels, that which is in this Vessel may possibly be something warmer than that which is in another, tho' 'tis the same Water still, and so every degree of Heat and Cold in this Water in the Several Vessels, will represent the Sp...
preview | full record— Ockley, Simon (bap. 1679, d. 1720)
Date: 1719
"These were the Subject of the first Night's Cogitation, after I was come home again, while the Apprehensions which had so over-run my Mind were fresh upon me, and my Head was full of Vapours, as above."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1778, 1779
"'Oh, Sir,' exclaimed I, 'that you could but read my heart!--that you could but see the filial tenderness and concern with which it overflows! you would not then talk thus,--you would not then banish me your presence, and exclude me from your affection!'"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"Hasten, then, my love, to bless me with thy presence, and to receive the blessings with which my fond heart overflows!"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1788
"But in pouring her sorrows into the bosom of her friend she appeared to find great consolation."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)