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Writing::Blot

"These judgments we form ourselves, and as it were inscribe them in ourselves. We may prevent this inscription; or, if it lurks within, unawares, immediately blot it out."

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746), and James Moor (bap. 1712, d. 1779)

The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

1742

At least 5 entries in ESTC (1742, 1749, 1752, 1753, 1764).<br> <br> See <u>The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Newly Translated from the Greek: With Notes, and an Account of His Life.</u> (Glasgow: Printed by Robert Foulis; and sold by him at the College; by Mess. Hamilton and Balfour, in Edinburgh; and by Andrew Millar, over against St. Clements Church, London, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW115566399&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Searching Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, <u>The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus</u>, trans. Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, ed. and with an Introduction by James Moore and Michael Silverthorne (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008). &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2133">Link to OLL</a>&gt;

Writing::Blots

"Therefore the first work is to raze out these, to cleanse and purify the heart from these blots, these foul characters, that it may receive the impression of the image of God."

Leighton, Robert (1611-1684)

The expository works, with other remains, (some of which were never before printed), of Robert Leighton, ... In two volumes

1798

Leighton, Robert. <u>The expository works, with other remains, (some of which were never before printed), of Robert Leighton, ... In two volumes</u>. Vol. 1. Edinburgh, 1798. 2 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Blotting

"Time, I daily find, blots out apace the little Stock of my Mind, and has disabled me from furnishing all that I would willingly contribute to the Memory of that Learned Man.."

Locke, John (1632-1704)

Letter to Reverend Mr. Richard King (July 23, 1703) [from The remains of John Locke Esq.]

1714

Text from <u>The Remains of John Locke Esq; Viz. I. Some Memoirs of the Life and Character of Dr. Edward Pococke. II. Instructions for the Conduct of a Young Gentleman, As to Religion and Government, &C. III. the Best Method of Studying, and Interpreting the Scriptures. IV. Sentiment Concerning the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledg. Publish'd from His Original Manuscripts. To Which Are Added, Three Copies of Verses Formerly Written.</u> (London: Printed for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1714). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120440718&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"But now, my Lord, I am coming to the melancholly Part of fair Agnes's Description, her Mind, 'twas all a Blot, nor had it ever been otherways; she had no Notion of Things, no Discourse, no Memory."

Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Memoirs of Europe

1710

At least 5 entries in ESTC (1710, 1711, 1716).<br> <br> Two volumes. See <u>Memoirs of Europe, Towards the Close of the Eighth Century. Written by Eginardus, Secretary and Favourite to Charlemagne; and Done Into English by the Translator of the New Atalantis.</u> (London: Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall, 1710). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T106837">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>Memoirs of Europe, towards the close of the eighth century. Vol. II. Written by Eginardus, Secretary and Favourite to Charlemagne; and Done Into English by the Translator of the New Atalantis [sic].</u> (London: Printed for John Morphew, 1710). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T106834">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"[H]is Image was too deeply impress'd in her Mind, ever to banish it thence, tho' effac'd and blotted by the Memory of his Crimes"

Haywood [n&eacute;e Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

The Rash Resolve: or, the Untimely Discovery. A Novel.

1725

At least 5 entries in the ESTC (1724, 1725, 1732, 1742).<br> <br> See <u>The Rash Resolve: or, the Untimely Discovery. A Novel. In Two Parts. By Mrs. Eliza Haywood.</u> (London : printed for D. Browne junr. at the Black-Swan, without Temple-Bar; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N60729">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.</u> (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T66936">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"The cruel Injuries you have lately done me, my dear <i>Sebastian,</i> are not sufficient to blot the Memory of you out of my tender Heart."

Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)

The Life and amorous Adventures of Lucinda, an English Lady

1722

At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1722, 1739).<br> <br> Text from <u>A Collection Of Entertaining Histories and Novels, Designed To promote the Cause of Virtue and Honour. Principally founded on Facts, and interspersed with a Variety of Beautiful and Instructive Incidents</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T119464">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112569568&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>The Life and Amorous Adventures of Lucinda, an English Lady</u> (London: Printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberrton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB129602025&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"My great Redeemer's name--transporting name! / 'Tis graven on my heart, 'tis deep imprest, / Immortal is the stamp; nor life, nor death, / Nor hell, with all its pow'rs, shall blot it thence."

Rowe [n&eacute;e Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)

Soliloquy XXXIII [from The Miscellaneous Works In Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe]

1739

Elizabeth Singer Rowe, <u>The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part now first published, by her Order, from her Original Manuscripts, By Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To which are added, Poems on several occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. And to the whole is prefix'd, An Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors</u>, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW110981535&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"The very Sight of David's Hand was odious to his Eyes, which will clearly account for the kind of Letter he wrote in Answer; and from that Day forward the Image of what David would think of him, when the whole Truth came out, joined to the Reflection, that David Simple partly owed his Ruin to his repeatedly advising, and almost forcing him to carry on his Law-Suit, created in his Mind something so like an inveterate Hatred, that it had all the Effects of it, and entirely blotted from his Memory his fancied Intention of allowing, out of the Profits of the Place, any thing at all to David."

Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

The Adventures of David Simple

1744

At least 15 entries in ESTC (1740, 1744, 1753, 1758, 1761, 1772, 1775, 1782, 1788, 1792). [Note, <u>Volume the Last</u> published in 1753.]<br> <br Sarah Fielding, <u>The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady</u>, 2 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1744) &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW111810244&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"On the other hand, if he either has, or fancies he has the least Cause for Anger, he is, for the present, perfectly furious, and values not what he says or does to the Person he imagines his Enemy; but the moment this Passion subsides, the least Submission entirely blots the Offence from his Memory."

Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

The Adventures of David Simple

1744

At least 15 entries in ESTC (1740, 1744, 1753, 1758, 1761, 1772, 1775, 1782, 1788, 1792). [Note, <u>Volume the Last</u> published in 1753.]<br> <br Sarah Fielding, <u>The Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster, in the Search of a Real Friend. By a Lady</u>, 2 vols. (London: A. Millar, 1744) &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW111810244&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"Books, not well digested, blot the mind"

Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

1746

At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1747).<br> <br> James Ruffhead, <u>The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles</u> (London: Printed for the Author, 1746). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW116315481&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"So books, not well digested, blot the mind, / But make us - in search of wisdom - blind"

Ruffhead, James

The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles

1746

At least 2 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1746, 1747).<br> <br> James Ruffhead, <u>The Passions of Man. A Poem. In Four Epistles</u> (London: Printed for the Author, 1746). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW116315481&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"[L]et the Remembrance of what past at <i>Upton</i> blot me for ever from your Mind"

Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

1749

Over 75 entries in the ESTC (1749, 1750, 1751, 1759, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1795, 1797, 1800).<br> <br> See <u>The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes. By Henry Fielding.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111383496&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000028997:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also three-volume Dublin edition in ECCO-TCP &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004794856.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004794856.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004794856.0001.003">Vol. III</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading <u>The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling</u>. Norton Critical Edition, ed. Sheridan W. Baker. (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1973).

Writing::Blotting

"[N]or will the minutest word he spoke be ever blotted from my memory"

Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)

The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable

1754

2 entries in ESTC (1754).<br> <br> See Fielding, Sarah and Jane Collier, <u>The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141110">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"But there is one part of my unhappy story which I would wish to blot for ever from my memory;"

Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)

The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable

1754

2 entries in ESTC (1754).<br> <br> See Fielding, Sarah and Jane Collier, <u>The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141110">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"She put me upon recollecting the giddy scene, which those dreadfully interesting ones that followed it, had made me wish to blot out of my memory."

Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters.

1753

At least 31 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754, 1756, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1776, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> See <u>The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In Seven Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson; and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster Row; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; by Andrew Millar, in the Strand; by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and by J. Leake, at Bath, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T58995">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.001">Link to Vol. 1 ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.002">Vol. 2</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.003">Vol. 3</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.004">Vol. 4</a>&gt&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.005">Vol. 5</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.006">Vol. 6</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.007">Vol. 7</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"I wish this ugly word <i>foreign</i> were blotted out of my vocabulary; out of my memory, rather"

Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters.

1753

At least 31 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754, 1756, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1776, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> See <u>The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In Seven Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson; and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster Row; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; by Andrew Millar, in the Strand; by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and by J. Leake, at Bath, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T58995">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.001">Link to Vol. 1 ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.002">Vol. 2</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.003">Vol. 3</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.004">Vol. 4</a>&gt&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.005">Vol. 5</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.006">Vol. 6</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.007">Vol. 7</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"These simple ideas, offered to the mind, the understanding can no more refuse, nor alter, nor <i>blot</i> out, than a mirrour can refuse, alter, or obliterate, the images which the objects produce"

Locke [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Blot [from A Dictionary of the English Language in Which Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.]

1755

Johnson, Samuel. <u>A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar</u>. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.

Writing::Blotting

Heads overfull of matter, be like pens over full of ink, which will sooner <i>blot</i>, than make any fair letters at all.

Ascham's Schoolmaster [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Blot [from A Dictionary of the English Language in Which Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.]

1755

Johnson, Samuel. <u>A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar</u>. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.

Writing::Blotting

"That medling Ape <i>Imitation</i>, as soon as we come to years of <i>Indiscretion </i>(so let me speak), snatches the Pen, and blots out nature's mark of Separation, cancels her kind intention, destroys all mental Individuality"

Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Conjectures on Original Composition

1759

At least 12 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1759, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1774, 1778, 1796, 1798).<br> <br> See <u>Conjectures on Original Composition. In a Letter to the Author of Sir Charles Grandison.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, in The Strand; and R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1759). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T140626">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=h1IJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> The text was initially drawn from RPO and Chadwyck-Healey's <a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&r es_id=xri:lion-us&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000730434:0">Literature Online</a> (LION). The LION text claims to reproduce the 1759 printing but is marred by typographical errors and has been irregularly modernized. These entries checked against Google Books page images for accuracy and corrected for obvious errors, but italics and capitalization have not yet been uniformly transcribed.

Writing::Blotting

"His Inclination for Lady <i>Dellwyn's</i> Beauty had not Power enough to blot out of his Memory the principal View of all his Actions"

Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

The History of the Countess of Dellwyn

1759

2 entries in the ESTC (1759).<br> <br> See <u>The History of the Countess of Dellwyn. In Two Volumes: By the Author of David Simple.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1759). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T66941">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"[Y]et were his offences against me even greater than they are, <i>your</i> example would teach me to blot them all from my mind"

Sheridan [n&eacute;e Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

1761

9 entries in ESTC (1761, 1767, 1772, 1782, 1786, 1796).<br> <br> Text from <u>Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Extracted from Her Own Journal, And now First Published. In Three Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N10549">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"Your brother, narrow-hearted, inhuman wretch, I blot forever from my thoughts"

Sheridan [n&eacute;e Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

1761

9 entries in ESTC (1761, 1767, 1772, 1782, 1786, 1796).<br> <br> Text from <u>Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Extracted from Her Own Journal, And now First Published. In Three Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N10549">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

One may be "by a blameless life, endeavouring to blot out the memory of her fault"

Sheridan [n&eacute;e Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph

1761

9 entries in ESTC (1761, 1767, 1772, 1782, 1786, 1796).<br> <br> Text from <u>Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Extracted from Her Own Journal, And now First Published. In Three Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N10549">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"Constant attention wears the active mind, / Blots out our powers, and leaves a blank behind"

Churchill, Charles (1731-1764)

An Epistle to William Hogarth

1763

9 entries in ESTC (1763, 1765, 1766, 1769).<br> <br> See <u>An Epistle to William Hogarth</u>, 2nd edition (London: Printed for the Author, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T32876">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>Poems of Charles Churchill</u>, ed. James Laver. 2 vols. (London: The King's Printers, 1933).

Writing::Blotting

"The graces of that form are lost, those lips have ceased to utter the generous sentiments of the noblest heart which ever beat; but never will his varied perfections be blotted from the mind of his father."

Brooke [n&eacute;e Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

The History of Lady Julia Mandeville

1763

At least 10 entries in the ESTC (1763, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1773, 1775, 1782, 1788). [4th edition in 1765, 5th edition in 1769.]<br> <br> See Frances Brooke, <u>The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004839949.0001.002 ">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3311249668&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"What a day have I passed! may the idea of it be ever blotted from my mind!"

Brooke [n&eacute;e Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

The History of Lady Julia Mandeville

1763

At least 10 entries in the ESTC (1763, 1765, 1767, 1769, 1773, 1775, 1782, 1788). [4th edition in 1765, 5th edition in 1769.]<br> <br> See Frances Brooke, <u>The History of Lady Julia Mandeville. In Two Volumes. By the Translator of Lady Catesby's Letters.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004839949.0001.002 ">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3311249668&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"Their insensibility excited my highest compassion, and blotted my own uneasiness a while from my mind."

Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

1766

68 entries in the ESTC (1766, 1767, 1769, 1772, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1797, 1799, 1800).<br> <br> See also Oliver Goldsmith, <u>The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Supposed to be Written by Himself</u>, 2 vols. (Salisbury: B. Collins, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113759305&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004897279.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004897279.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading Oliver Goldsmith, <u>The Vicar of Wakefield</u>, ed. Stephen Coote (London and New York: Penguin Books, 1986).

Writing::Blotting

"Mr. Falkland began with beseeching lord V--- to blot from his memory his past ill conduct, for which he expressed the sincerest contrition"

Sheridan [n&eacute;e Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)

Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph.

1770

6 entries in ESTC (1767, 1770, 1796).<br> <br> <u>Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, As prepared for the Press By the Late Editor of the Former Part</u> (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, 1770).

Writing::Blotting

One may blot from his mind "the idea of future retribution"

Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)

The Man of the World

1773

At least 12 entries in ESTC (1773, 1783, 1787, 1792, 1795, 1799).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Man of the World. In Two Parts</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000030484:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"I blot from my memory every other woman; those every-day beauties (as Terence calls them) who have nothing but their sex to recommend them."

Graves, Richard (1715-1804)

The Spiritual Quixote

1773

At least 5 entries in the ESTC (1755, 1773, 1774, 1783)<br> <br> <u>The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose. A Comic Romance</u>. 3 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111910097&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"The first Man knew them by his Reason; but it was this same Reason that blotted them again from his Mind; for having attained to this Kind of natural Knowledge, he began to mingle therewith his own Notions and Ideas."

Campbell, John (1708-75)

Hermippus Redivivus: or, The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave

1744

At least 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1744, 1748, 1749, 1760, 1771).<br> <br> See Johann Heinrich Cohausen, <u>Hermippus Redivivus: or, The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave</u>, trans. John Campbell (London: J. Nourse, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW108045168&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=B24FAAAAQAAJ">Link 1748 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from 1748 printing.

Writing::Blotting

"I would endure it all chearfully, could I but once more see my dear, blessed mother, hear her pronounce my pardon, and bless me before I died; but alas! I shall never see her more; she has blotted the ungrateful Charlotte from her remembrance, and I shall sink to the grave loaded with her's and my father's curse."

Rowson, Susanna (1762-1828)

Charlotte: A Tale of Truth [Charlotte Temple]

1791

Susanna Rowson, <u>Charlotte: A Tale of Truth</u> (London: Minerva Press, 1791). Republished in America: <u>Charlotte: A Tale of Truth</u> (Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1794). &lt;<a href="http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u826545">Link to UVA Special Collections</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=RowChar.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all">Link to UVA E-Text Center</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from U.Va. edition. Reading in <u>Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple</u>, ed. Ann Douglas (New York: Penguin, 1991).

Writing::Blotting

"The cursed Deed will turn me savage wild, / Blot ev'ry Thought of Nature from my Soul."

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

The Royal Convert. A Tragedy.

1708

First performed November 25, 1707. Thirty-three entries in ESTC (1708, 1714, 1719, 1720, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1736, 1757, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1791, 1794, 1795).<br> <br> <u>The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe</u> (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310586119&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Blotting

"Cruelly kind, press inward, on my Heart; / But fright not Reason, cling not to my Thought, / Blot, blot Remembrance out, strike Home, at Life, / Pour, all at once, Oblivion on my Soul, / And quench me, into Quiet."

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Athelwold: a Tragedy

1731

3 entries in the ESTC (1731, 1732, 1760).<br> <br> <u>Athelwold: a Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants.</u> (London: Printed for L. Gilliver, 1731.) &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004784109.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Book

Artificial Memory "Consisted in making Choice of a Certain Number of Loci, or Places, which were Distinguished from each Other by their Order, of First, Second, <i>&c</i>. by Various Spaces, Figures, and Intervals, and by Certain Marks and Characters, where were Affixed to every Fifth, or Tenth place of them; These were Considered and Esteemed in the same Manner as Paper, or a Rasa Tabula, on all Occasions of Writing, as a Book of Vellum, which, upon the Dashing out of the Former Impressions made by a Pencil, is Fit to Receive any New Ones"

Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books

1727

Greene, Robert. <u>The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books. By Robert Greene, ...</u> Cambridge, 1727. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Book

"But the Dean did not know what sort of a Memory I had, when he entrusted me with his Verse: I had no occasion for any other copy, than what I had registered in the Book and Volume of my Brain."

Pilkington, Laetitia (c. 1709-1750)

The Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Pilkington

1748

Laetitia Pilkington, <u>The Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Pilkington</u>, 2 vols. (Dublin: Printed for the Author, 1748). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW103412446&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Book

"Not that the Anticipations of Morality spring meerly from intellectual Forms and notional Idea's of the Mind, or from certain Rules or Propositions, arbitrarily printed upon the Soul as upon a Book, but from some other other more inward, and vital Principle, in intellectual Beings, as such, whereby they have a natural Determination in them to do some Things, and to avoid others, which could not be, if they were meer naked Passive Things."

Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)

A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality

1731

Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1731).<br> <br> See Ralph Cudworth, <u>A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality</u> (London: James and John Knapton, 1731). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3319071316&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Nk3dTTeC2JIC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Book

"When Rochely got home, he set about examining the state of his heart exactly as he would have examined the check book of one of his customers."

Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle

1788

At least 6 entries in ESTC (1788, 1789, 1799).<br> <br> <u>Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle. By Charlotte Smith</u>, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310675510&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Book::Compendium

"For as the Mind of God, which is the Archetypal Intellect, is that whereby he always actually comprehends himself, and his own Fecundity, or the Extent of his own Infinite Goodness and Power; that is, the Possibility of all things; So all Created Intellects being being certain Ectypal Models, or Derivative Compendiums of the same; although they have not the Actual Ideas of all things, much less are the Images or Sculptures of all the Several Species of existent Things fixed and engraven in a dead manner upon them; yet they have them all Virtually and Potentially comprehended in that one <em>Cognoscitive Power</em> of the Soul, which is a Potential Omniformity, whereby it is enabled as Occasion serves and Outward Objects invite, gradually and successively to unfold and display it self in a Vital manner, by framing Intelligible Ideas or Conceptions within it self of whatsoever hath any Entity or Cogitability."

Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)

A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality

1731

Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1731).<br> <br> See Ralph Cudworth, <u>A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality</u> (London: James and John Knapton, 1731). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3319071316&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Nk3dTTeC2JIC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Book::Editions

"All these particulars, I say, consider'd, why should it seem altogether impossible, that heaven's latest editions of the human mind may be the most correct, and fair."

Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Conjectures on Original Composition

1759

At least 12 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1759, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1770, 1774, 1778, 1796, 1798).<br> <br> See <u>Conjectures on Original Composition. In a Letter to the Author of Sir Charles Grandison.</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, in The Strand; and R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1759). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T140626">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=h1IJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> The text was initially drawn from RPO and Chadwyck-Healey's <a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&r es_id=xri:lion-us&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000730434:0">Literature Online</a> (LION). The LION text claims to reproduce the 1759 printing but is marred by typographical errors and has been irregularly modernized. These entries checked against Google Books page images for accuracy and corrected for obvious errors, but italics and capitalization have not yet been uniformly transcribed.

Writing::Book::Leaf

"Proceed, child, your mind is the unsullied book of nature: Turn to another Leaf"

Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters.

1753

At least 31 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754, 1756, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1776, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> See <u>The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In Seven Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson; and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster Row; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; by Andrew Millar, in the Strand; by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and by J. Leake, at Bath, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T58995">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.001">Link to Vol. 1 ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.002">Vol. 2</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.003">Vol. 3</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.004">Vol. 4</a>&gt&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.005">Vol. 5</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.006">Vol. 6</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.007">Vol. 7</a>&gt;

Writing::Book::Leaf

"Sir Charles Grandison's heart is the book of heaven-- May I <i>not</i> study it?"

Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters.

1753

At least 31 entries in ESTC (1753, 1754, 1756, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1776, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> See <u>The History of Sir Charles Grandison. In a Series of Letters Published from the Originals, by the Editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In Seven Volumes.</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson; and sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster Row; by J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; by Andrew Millar, in the Strand; by R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and by J. Leake, at Bath, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T58995">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.001">Link to Vol. 1 ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.002">Vol. 2</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.003">Vol. 3</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.004">Vol. 4</a>&gt&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.005">Vol. 5</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.006">Vol. 6</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004782202.0001.007">Vol. 7</a>&gt;

Writing::Book::Worm-eaten

A "Man that wou'd please [a pedant], must pore an Age over musty Authors, till his Brains are as worm-eaten as the Books he reads, and his Conversation fit for no body else"

Davys, Mary (1674-1732)

The Reform'd Coquet; a Novel

1724

At least 9 entries in ESTC (1724, 1725, 1735, 1736, 1744, 1752, 1760, 1763).<br> <br> Mary Davys, <u>The Reform'd Coquet; a Novel. by Mrs. Davys, Author of the Humours of York.</u> (London: London: Printed by H. Woodfall, for the Author; and sold by J.Stephens, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW109229140&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NdPWQAAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>The Works of Mrs. Davys: Consisting of, Plays, Novels, Poems, and Familiar Letters. Several of which never before Publish'd.</u> 2 vols. (London: printed by H. Woodfall, for the author and sold by J. Stevens, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=QhQUOgAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading in <u>Popular Fiction by Women, 1660-1730</u>, eds. Paula Backscheider and John Richetti (Oxford UP, 1996).

Writing::Books

"You cannot say objects are in your mind, as books in your study: or that things are imprinted on it, as the figure of a seal upon wax."

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

1713

5 entries in ESTC (1713, 1725, 1734, 1776, 1777).<br> <br> See <u>Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous: The Design of Which Is Plainly to Demonstrate the Reality and Perfection of Human Knowledge, the Incorporeal Nature of the Soul, and the Immediate Providence of a Deity: In Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists. Also to Open a Method for Rendering the Sciences More Easy, Useful, and Compendious.</u> (London: Printed by G. James, for Henry Clements, at the Half-Moon, in S. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1713). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T77983">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004848507.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt; <br> <br> Working with the Past Masters electronic version of <u>The Works of George Berkeley</u>, ed. T. E. Jessop and A. A. Luce, vol. II (Desir&eacute;e Park: Thomas Nelson, 1979).

Writing::Catalogue

"I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it"

Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)

The Younger Brother: a Novel

1793

3 entries in ESTC (1793).<br> <br> <u>The Younger Brother: a Novel, in Three Volumes, Written by Mr. Dibdin.</u> (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold at his Warehouse, 1793). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004892630.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Catalogue

"I am looking, madam,' said she, 'over the catalogue of my mind, to see if I have ever read any thing like it"

Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)

The Younger Brother: a Novel

1793

3 entries in ESTC (1793).<br> <br> <u>The Younger Brother: a Novel, in Three Volumes, Written by Mr. Dibdin.</u> (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold at his Warehouse, 1793). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004892630.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Character

"The Mind, like a Tabula rasa, easyly receives the first Impression; and, like that, when the first Impression is deeply made, it with Difficulty admits of an Erasement of the first Characters, which in some Minds are indelible"

Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

A Demonstration of the Will of God by the Light of Nature, in Eight Discourses

1733

4 entries in ESTC (1733, 1742, 1748).<br> <br> See <u>A Demonstration of the Will of God by the Light of Nature, in Eight Discourses</u> (London: Printed for F. Cogan, 1733). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N9904">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from Thomas Cooke, <u>A Demonstration of the Will of God by the Light of Nature, in Eight Discourses, With an Introduction, Shewing the Necessity of Enquiring After Truth, ... to Which Is Prefixed a Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury Concerning Persecution for Religion and Freedom of Debate, Proving Liberty to Be the Support of Truth, and the Natural Property of Mankind</u> (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1742).

Writing::Characters

"My Soul's, as to that Affair, a clean sheet of Paper, a meer <i>Tabula Rasa</i>; therefore, Sir, you may impress any Characters in the World upon it; <i>Mahometan</i>, <i>Jew</i>, or <i>Pagan</i>, 'tis all a case to your poor distressed Servant"

Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)

A collection of all the dialogues written by Mr. Thomas Brown: one of them entituled, Democratici vapulantes, being a dialogue between Julian, and others, was never before printed. To which are added, his translations and imitations of several odes of Horace, of Martial's Epigrams, &c.

1704

Brown, Thomas. <u>A collection of all the dialogues written by Mr. Thomas Brown: one of them entituled, Democratici vapulantes, being a dialogue between Julian, and others, was never before printed. To which are added, his translations and imitations of several odes of Horace, of Martial's Epigrams, &c</u>. London, 1704. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Characters

"It's a kind of <i>tabula rasa</i>, a <i>Blank</i>, that almost with the same Facility receives the Characters of <i>Angel</i>, and of <i>Devil</i>; but when once it's stained with Sin, when it's by-assed by ill Habits, and worse Principles, you will find it stubborn and rebellious."

Darrell, William (1651-1721)

A gentleman instructed in the conduct of a virtuous and happy life. Written for the instruction of a young nobleman

1704

W. D. (William Darrell). <u>A gentleman instructed in the conduct of a virtuous and happy life. Written for the instruction of a young nobleman</u>. The second edition London, 1704. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Characters

"In Characters of Malice, Pride, and Fraud, / Stamp'd on his Mind, my Image I applaud."

Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

Eliza: An Epick Poem. In Ten Books.

1705

At least 2 entries in ESTC (1705, 1721).<br> <br> <u>Eliza: an Epick Poem. In Ten Books. By Sir Richard Blackmore, Kt. M.D. and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians in London. To Which Is Annex’d, an Index, Explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c.</u> (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1705). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75146">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"Various rude Arts the untaught Ancients knew / To fix Ideas e'er they fled away, / And Images of Thought to Sight convey. / Brass, Wax, or Wood the Characters retain'd, / Some liv'd on Slates, and some the Canvas stain'd; / Some trac'd in Iv'ry, or engrav'd on Stone, / Or sunk in Clay, e're Biblo's Reed was known."

Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)

To A Lady who Refus'd to Answer a Letter [from Poetical essays on Several Occasions. By Samuel Bowden]

1733

Writing::Characters

"These first Characters therefore ought to be deeply and beautifully struck, and the Learning they express should be of great Price. And this, if timely Care be taken, may be done with ease because the Mind is then soft and tender: and because Truth and Right are by the nature of Things, as pleasant to the Soul, as Light and Proportion to the Eye, or as sweet as Honey to the Taste."

Denne, John (1693-1767)

A Sermon Preached at St. Sepulchre's Church

1736

Denne, John. <u>A Sermon Preached at St. Sepulchre's Church; May the 6th, 1736</u>. (London: Printed by M. Downing, 1736). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW118400541&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"Though God has given us no innate ideas of himself, though he has stampt no original characters on our minds, wherein we may read his being; yet having furnished us with those faculties our minds are endowed with, he hath not left himself without witness."

Locke [from Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language]

Stamp [from A Dictionary of the English Language in Which Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers.]

1755

Johnson, Samuel. <u>A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To Which Are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar</u>. New York,: AMS Press, 1967.

Writing::Characters

"Therefore the first work is to raze out these, to cleanse and purify the heart from these blots, these foul characters, that it may receive the impression of the image of God."

Leighton, Robert (1611-1684)

The expository works, with other remains, (some of which were never before printed), of Robert Leighton, ... In two volumes

1798

Leighton, Robert. <u>The expository works, with other remains, (some of which were never before printed), of Robert Leighton, ... In two volumes</u>. Vol. 1. Edinburgh, 1798. 2 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Characters

"They converse not, they open not their mouths, they are silent, but they engrave their principles on the heart in indelible characters, instead of inconsistently crowding them on the memory."

Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d'Ésclavelles Épinay (marquise d') (1726-1783)

The Conversations of Emily [Conversations d'Émilie]

1787

Translation of <u>Conversations d'Émilie</u> (1784) [translated by Lewis Lyons].<br> <br> Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d'Ésclavelles Épinay (marquise d'),<u>The conversations of Emily. Translated from the French of Madame la Comtesse d'Epigny</u>. 2 vols. (London: Printed and sold by John Marshall and Co., 1787. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/retrieve.do?resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSet=ECCOArticles&doDirectDocNumSearch=false&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28PB%2CNone%2C13%29John+Marshall%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28BA%2CNone%2C60%290LRH+Or+0LRL+Or+0LRI+Or+0LRK+Or+0LRF+Or+0LRJ+Or+0LRN+Or+0LRM%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C9%291780-1800%24&inPS=true&sort=DateAscend&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&searchId=R1&currentPosition=29&userGroupName=viva_uva&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&showLOI=&bookId=0727800201&collectionId=T133441&relevancePageBatch=CW114095628">Link to vol. I</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/retrieve.do?resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSet=ECCOArticles&doDirectDocNumSearch=false&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28PB%2CNone%2C13%29John+Marshall%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28BA%2CNone%2C60%290LRH+Or+0LRL+Or+0LRI+Or+0LRK+Or+0LRF+Or+0LRJ+Or+0LRN+Or+0LRM%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28da%2CNone%2C9%291780-1800%24&inPS=true&sort=DateAscend&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&searchId=R1&currentPosition=29&userGroupName=viva_uva&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&bookId=0727800202&collectionId=&retrieveOtherVolume=true">Link to Vol. II</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"Hail, wond'rous Being, who in pow'r supreme / Exists from everlasting, whose great Name / Deep in the human heart, and every atom, / The Air, the Earth or azure Main contains, / In undecypher'd characters is wrote."

Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

On the Eternity of the Supreme Being

1750

3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1750, 1752, 1756, 1791).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Poems of the Late Christopher Smart ... Consisting of His Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and English Translations: Together With Many Original Compositions, Not Included in the Quarto Edition. To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of His Life and Writings, Never Before Published.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed and Sold by Smart and Cowslade; and sold by F. Power and Co., 1791).<br> <br> See <u>On the Eternity of the Supreme Being. A Poetical Essay. by Christopher Smart, M. a. Fellow of Pembroke-Hall in the University of Cambridge.</u> (Cambridge : printed by J. Bentham Printer to the University. Sold by W. Thurlbourn in Cambridge, C. Bathurst in Fleet-Street, R. Dodsley at Tully’s Head in Pall-Mall, London; and J. Hildyard at York, 1750). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T43247">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading in Katrina Williamson and Marcus Walsh, eds., <u>Christopher Smart: Selected Poems</u> (New York: Penguin Books, 1990).

Writing::Characters

"Children soon forget, as they soon learn: old people learn with difficulty, and remember best what they learnt when young. That is, say the Cartesians because the brain growing by degrees more dry retains old characters, but does not easily admit new."

Doddridge, Philip (1702-1751)

A Course of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity

1763

4 entries in ESTC (1763, 1776, 1794, 1799).<br> <br> First published as <u>A Course of Lectures on the Principal subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity: with References to the Most Considerable Authors on Each Subject. By the late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D.</u> (London: J. Buckland, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, S. Crowder and Co. T. Longman, B. Law, T. Field, and H. Payne and W. Cropley, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CB127564666&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text drawn from Philip Doddridge, <u>A Course of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity</u>, Ed. Andrew Kippis, vol i (London: Printed for S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law and Son, G.G. and J. Robinson, etc., 1794). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=AxItAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CB127564666&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> S. Clark's edition of 1763 was reprinted in 1776. The Kippis edition of 1794 was reprinted in 1799.

Writing::Characters

"That which wholly looks abroad outward upon its Object, is not one with that which it perceives, but is at a distance from it, and therefore cannot Know and Comprehend it; but Knowledge and Intellection doth not meerly look out upon a thing at distance, but makes an Inward Reflection upon the thing it knows, and according to the Etymon of the Word, 'the Intellect' doth read inward Characters written within itself, and Intellectually comprehend its Object within it self, and is the same with it."

Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)

A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality

1731

Only 1 entry in ECCO and ESTC (1731).<br> <br> See Ralph Cudworth, <u>A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality</u> (London: James and John Knapton, 1731). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3319071316&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Nk3dTTeC2JIC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"Nature which was at first, excepting the original Taint, fair, and sincere, or as Mr. Lock says, 'a blank Sheet of Paper' capable of receiving any Characters at the Pleasure of the Writer, soon is either blurred over with Impertinence, fouled with Impurity, or improved and dignified with Impressions of Honour, Virtue and Morality."

Theobald, Lewis (1688-1744)

The Censor, No. 15

1717

3 entries in ESTC (1717).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Censor</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Jonas Brown, 1717), iii, 104-111. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Xy8JAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"Sir, let her crime / Erase the faithful characters, which love / Imprinted on your heart."

Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)

Mariamne. A Tragedy.

1723

First performed February 22, 1723. Over 16 entries in the ESTC (1723, 1726, 1728, 1735, 1745, 1759, 1760, 1768, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1794).<br> <br> <u>Mariamne. A Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Fenton</u> (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1723). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109752228&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters

"What an unknown and unspeakable Happiness would it be to a Man of Judgment, and who is engaged in the Pursuit of Knowledge, if he had but a Power of stamping all his own best Sentiments upon his Memory in some indelible Characters; and if he could but imprint every valuable Paragraph and Sentiment of the most excellent Authors he has read, upon his Mind, with the same Speed and Facility with which he read them?"

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

The Improvement of the Mind

1741

32 entries in ESTC (1741, 1743, 1753, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1773, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1799, 1800).<br> <br> Most text drawn from Google Books. See <u>The Improvement of the Mind: or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. By I. Watts, D.D.</u> (London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1741). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T82959">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LMwAAAAAcAAJ">Link to 2nd edition in Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br>

Writing::Characters

"Emily observed these written characters of his thoughts with deep interest, and not without some degree of awe, when she considered that she was entirely in his power; but forbore even to hint her fears, or her observations, to Madame Montoni, who discerned nothing in her husband, at these times, but his usual sternness."

Radcliffe [n&eacute;e Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

The Mysteries of Udolpho

1794

9 entries in ESTC (1794, 1795, 1799, 1800).<br> <br> <u>The Mysteries of Udolpho, a Romance; Interspersed with some Pieces of Poetry. By Ann Radcliffe, Author of the Romance of the Forest, etc.</u> 4 vols. (London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3310966036&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004837676.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP, Vol. I</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading <u>The Mysteries of Udolpho</u>, ed. Jacqueline Howard (New York: Penguin Books, 2001).

Writing::Characters

"Ideas of sense are but the first elements of thought: and the produce raised from these elements by the operation of the mind upon them is as far superiour to the elements themselves in variety, copiousness and use, as books are to the characters of which they are composed."

Rotheram, John (1725–1789)

An Essay on the Distinction Between the Soul and Body of Man

1781

<u>An Essay on the Distinction Between the Soul and Body of Man. By John Rotheram, M. A. Rector of Houghton-Le-Spring, Vicar of Seaham, and Chaplain to the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Durham.</u> (Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by T. Saint, for J. Robson, New Bond-Street, London, 1781). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T85498">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Characters::Indelible Characters

"En suivant toujours ma méthode, je ne tire point ces règles des principes d’une haute philosophie, mais je les trouve au fond de mon coeur écrites par la nature en caractères ineffaçables [Following always my method, I do not draw these rules from the principles of the higher philosophy, but I find them in my heart written by nature in indelible characters]."

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

&Eacute;mile ou de l'&Eacute;ducation [Emilius and Sophia: or, a New System of Education]

1762

Over 20 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1773, 1774, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1799).<br> <br> See William Kenrick's translation: <u>Emilius and Sophia: or, a New System of Education. Translated from the French of J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. By the translator of Eloisa</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3305401367&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; <br> <br> Reading in Jean-Jacques Rousseau. <u>&Eacute;mile</u>, trans. Barbara Foxley (London: J.M. Dent, 1993).<br> <br> French text from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, <u>Collection complète des oeuvres</u>, 17 vols (Genève, 1780-1788). &lt;<a href="http://www.rousseauonline.ch/home.php">Rousseau Online</a>&gt;

Writing::Charte Blanche

"It is a <i>charte blanche</i>, ready for receiving the inscriptions of sense; yet it behoves us carefully to observe, that it differs from a <i>rasa tabula</i> or a sheet of clean paper, in the following respect, that you may write on clean paper; that sugar is bitter, wormwood sweet, fire and frost in every degree pleasing and [sufferable?]; that compassion and gratitude are base; treachery, falshood, and envy noble; and that contempt is indifferent to us: Yet no human art or industry are able to make those impression on the mind."

Usher, James (1720-1771)

An Introduction to the Theory of the Human Mind.

1771

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1771).<br> <br> Ussher, James. <u>An Introduction to the Theory of the Human Mind. By J. U. Author of Clio</u>. (London: Printed for T. Davies, 1771).

Writing::Cipher

"One Law of the Action of the Soul on the Body, & vice versa, seems to be, That upon such and such Motions produced in the Musical Instrument of the Body, such and such Sensations should arise in the Mind; and on such and such Actions of the Soul, such and such Motions in the Body should ensue; much like a Signal agreed to between two Generals, the one within, the other without a Citadel, which should signify to one another, what they have before agreed to, and established between them; or, like the Key of a Cypher, which readily explains the otherwise unintelligible Writing."

Cheyne, George (1671-1743)

An Essay of Health and Long Life

1724

Cheyne, George. <u>An Essay of Health and Long Life</u> (London: George Strahan, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5wIAAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Composition

"'Father of Mercies, compose this troubled spirit: do I indeed wish it to be composed---to forget my Henry?' the 'my', the pen was directly drawn across in an agony."

Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)

Mary, A Fiction

1788

Only one entry in ESTC (1788).<br> <br> See Mary Wollstonecraft, <u>Mary, A Fiction</u> (Printed for J. Johnson, 1788). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112951499&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Cyphers

"Yon starry orbs, / Majestic ocean, flowery vales, gay groves, / Eye-wasting lawns, and heaven-attempting hills / Which bound th' horizon, and which curb the view; / All those, with beauteous imagery, awaked / My ravished soul to ecstasy untaught, / To all the transport the rapt sense can bear; / But all expired, for want of powers to speak; / All perished in the mind as soon as born, / Erased more quick than cyphers on the shore, / O'er which cruel waves, unheedful roll."

Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)

On Mrs. Montagu [from Poems on Several Occasions]

1785

At least 4 entries in ESTC (1785, 1786).<br> <br> See <u>Poems, on Several Occasions. By Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol.</u>, 2nd edition (London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N22108">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href=" http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&r es_id=xri:lion-us&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:po:Z200545273:2">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from Lonsdale, R. Ed. <u>Eighteenth Century Women Poets</u> (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989).

Writing::Diary

"O treacherous Conscience! while she seems to sleep / On rose and myrtle, lull'd with siren song; / While she seems, nodding o'er her charge, to drop / On headlong appetite the slacken'd rein, / And give us up to licence, unrecall'd, / Unmark'd,---see, from behind her secret stand, / The sly informer minutes every fault, / And her dread diary with horror fills."

Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Night the Second. On Time, Death, Friendship. Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable The Earl of Wilmington [Night-Thoughts]

1742

Uniform title published in 9 volumes, from 1742 to 1745. At least 133 reprintings after 1745 in ESTC (1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800).<br> <br> Edward Young, <u>Night the Second. On Time, Death, Friendship. Humbly Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable The Earl of Wilmington</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1742).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose, of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.</u>, 2 vols. (London: William Tegg, 1854). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ixYUAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; Reading Edward Young, <u>Night Thoughts</u>, ed. Stephen Cornford (New York: Cambridge UP, 1989).

Writing::Dictates

"Consult the native Dictates of thy Soul; / And if thou there discern the Maker's Hand, / Confess his Care, resign to his Command."

Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)

Against Chance and Fate.

1724

3 entries in ESTC (1724, 1755, 1756).<br> <br> See <u>Poems on Several Occasions. With Anne Boleyn to King Henry Viii. An Epistle.</u> (London: Printed for John Clarke at the Bible under the Royal-Exchange, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75337">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>Poems on Several Occasions. With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet.</u>, 2nd ed. (London: T. Lownds, 1756).

Writing::Efface

"The figure of his father venerable in virtue, of his sister lovely in innocence, were imprinted on his mind; and the variety of public places of entertainment, to which sir Thomas conducted him, could not immediately efface the impression."

Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)

The Man of the World

1773

At least 12 entries in ESTC (1773, 1783, 1787, 1792, 1795, 1799).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Man of the World. In Two Parts</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000030484:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;

Writing::Effacing

"But in general, I know of no method of getting money, not even that of robbing for it upon the highway, which has so direct a tendency to efface the moral sense, to rob the heart of every gentle and humane disposition, and to harden it, like steel, against all impressions of sensibility."

Newton, John (1725-1807)

Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

1788

4 entries in ESTC (1788).<br> <br> <u>Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade. By John Newton, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.</u> (London: Printed for J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Johnson, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and J. Phillips, in George-Yard, 1788). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T143216">Link to ESTC</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB126122225&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Engraving

"Engraven on my heart and mind, / O that I could Thy precepts find"

Wesley, John and Charles

3288. Engraven on my Heart and Mind

1762

Wesley, John and Wesley, Charles. <u>The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley</u>. Ed. G. Osborn. Vol. XIII. London: R. Needham, 1871.

Writing::Engraving

"That He, to Whom all Love is due, / Engraves upon pure loving Hearts."

Byrom, John (1692-1763)

On the Same Subject [from Miscellaneous Poems]

1773

2 entries in ESTC (1773).<br> <br> See <u>Miscellaneous Poems, by John Byrom, M.A. F.R.S. sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Inventor of the Universal English Short-Hand. In Two Volumes.</u> (Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T227682k/T132225">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HyYJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>The Poems of John Byrom</u>, ed. Adolphus William Ward, 2 vols. (Manchester: Printed for The Chetham Society, 1894-1895).

Writing::Engraving

"Their Names, engraven in our Hearts, may not / Be raz'd, or cancel'd, or in time forgot"

Mollineux [n&eacute;e Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

An Elegy [from Fruits of Retirement]

1702

At least 7 entries in ESTC (1702, 1720, 1729, 1739, 1761, 1772, 1776).<br> <br> See <u>Fruits of Retirement: or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine. Being Some Contemplations, Letters, &C. Written on Variety of Subjects and Occasions. By Mary Mollineux, Late of Leverpool, Deceased. To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author.</u> (London: printed and sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1702). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T96877">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Engraving

Chastity may "tincture Humane Hearts with holy Awe, / And deeply there engrave the Royal Law"

Mollineux [n&eacute;e Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

On Modesty and Chastity [from Fruits of Retirement]

1702

At least 7 entries in ESTC (1702, 1720, 1729, 1739, 1761, 1772, 1776).<br> <br> See <u>Fruits of Retirement: or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine. Being Some Contemplations, Letters, &C. Written on Variety of Subjects and Occasions. By Mary Mollineux, Late of Leverpool, Deceased. To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author.</u> (London: printed and sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1702). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T96877">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Engraving

"True Friends ... have their Names engraven / In one anothers Hearts, which cannot be / Cancell'd or Raz'd by Earths vain obloquy"

Mollineux [n&eacute;e Southworth], Mary (1651-1695)

Of Friendship. [from Fruits of Retirement]

1702

At least 7 entries in ESTC (1702, 1720, 1729, 1739, 1761, 1772, 1776).<br> <br> See <u>Fruits of Retirement: or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine. Being Some Contemplations, Letters, &C. Written on Variety of Subjects and Occasions. By Mary Mollineux, Late of Leverpool, Deceased. To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author.</u> (London: printed and sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, 1702). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T96877">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Engraving

"[F]oul Reproches ignominious Stain, / Sate deep engraven in his fearfull Heart,"

Croxall, Samuel (1688&#47;9-1752); Nestor Ironside

Another Original Canto of Spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made Publick, By Nestor Ironside

1714

Writing::Engraving

"What iron Breast so hard that can endure / To work such Spight on Vertuous Innocence?"

Croxall, Samuel (1688&#47;9-1752); Nestor Ironside

An Original Canto of Spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made Publick, By Nestor Ironside

1714

Writing::Engraving

A contrivance may raze "out all those Characters of Friendship and fraternal Love, which [...] virtuous and generous Behaviour" may engrave in the Heart

Barker, Jane (1675-1743)

Exilius: or, the Banish’d Roman. A New Romance

1712

At least five entries in ESTC (1712, 1715, 1719, 1736, 1743). [Final three dates for <u>The Entertaining Novels</u>].<br> <br> See <u>Exilius: or, the Banish’d Roman. A New Romance. In Two Parts: Written After the Manner of Telemachus, for the Instruction of some Young Ladies of Quality. By Mrs. Jane Barker</u> (London: [1712?]). Copy at Princeton University.<br> <br> Text from <u>The Entertaining Novels of Mrs. Jane Barker</u>, 2nd edition, 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and E. Curll, 1719). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313460515&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"To this, and all the Ages that succeeds: / His Actions are engrav'd in ev'ry Breast."

Pennecuik, Alexander (d. 1730)

Elegy On The deplorable Death of the Right Honourable, John Lord Belhaven, who was lost at Sea, on the 10th of Nov. 1721

1721

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"Yon Knight said he, in War is so expert, / And has it so engraven on his Heart, / That he unto a very Point does know, / Each Stratagem, and nice Punctilio."

Hamilton, William, of Gilbertfield (c. 1665-1751)

A new edition of the life and heroick actions of the renoun'd Sir William Wallace, General and Governour of Scotland. Wherein the Old obsolete Words are rendered more Intelligible; and adapted to the understanding of such who have not leisure to study the Meaning, and Import of such Phrases without the help of a Glossary

1722

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"I got into an Arbor in the Garden, to peruse the dear Contents, which I very well remember, and are too deeply engraven in my Mind, ever to be forgotten."

Haywood [n&eacute;e Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

The British Recluse; or, The Secret History of Cleomira, Suppos'd Dead.

1722

At least 6 entries in the ESTC (1722, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1732, 1742).<br> <br> Eliza Haywood, <u>The British Recluse; or, The Secret History of Cleomira, Suppos'd Dead</u> (London: Printed for D. Brown, Junior; W. Chetwood; J. Woodman; and S. Chapman, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3311947035&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a><br> <br> Text from <u>Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.</u> (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar ; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T66936">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"Then hear my words, and grave them in thy mind!"

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek

1725

Over 30 entries in ESTC (1725, 1726, 1745, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763, 1766, 1767, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1778, 1790, 1792, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> <u>The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek</u>, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).

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"The first Attempt in this Philosophy is, to Clear the Mind of any Innate Ideas or Principles, and to make it a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>, or to Resemble a Piece of Blank Paper, without any Original Characters, or Inscriptions, Engraved upon it;"

Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books

1727

Greene, Robert. <u>The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books. By Robert Greene, ...</u> Cambridge, 1727. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"The Characters Engraven on each, would be much the same, Deriv'd from those Sensations, which are Common to all; since according to this Philosophy, what is Originally Writ upon our Minds, is from our Conversation with External Objects, and then Reflecting upon the Operations of the Faculties and Powers or our Understandings; These therefore would be nearly Alike in all Men, and there would, in General, be little or no Room left for that Prodigious Variety and Distinction, Observable in the several Thoughts, Reasonings, Opinions, and Fancies of Men, and in the Forces and Strength of their proper Genius's, and Complexions of Mind."

Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books

1727

Greene, Robert. <u>The principles of the philosophy of the expansive and contractive forces. Or an inquiry into the principles of the modern philosophy, that is, into the several chief rational sciences, which are extant. In seven books. By Robert Greene, ...</u> Cambridge, 1727. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"While Love, recording with a keener Dart, / Engrav'd each Token deeper on my Heart!"

Pattison, William (1706-1727)

OEnone to Paris. [from The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison]

1728

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1727).<br> <br> <u>The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College Cambridge.</u> (London: Printed in the year MDCCXXVIII [i.e. 1727] For H. Curll in the Strand). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T115475">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"I think / I'ad e'en as good take up with Ink: / On second Thoughts too, 'cause 'tis black, / It seems the very thing I lack, / For I am apt to think his Soul / Is somewhat darker than a Coal."

Pattison, William (1706-1727)

On Crito, who wrote against Me. [from The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison]

1728

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1727).<br> <br> <u>The Poetical Works of Mr. William Pattison, Late of Sidney College Cambridge.</u> (London: Printed in the year MDCCXXVIII [i.e. 1727] For H. Curll in the Strand). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T115475">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"'Cou'd your Eyes penetrate my naked Breast, / 'There you might read these Characters engrav'd, / '<i>That, by your Virtues I am bound! inslav'd!</i>"

Ogle, George (1704-1746)

Of Legacy-hunting. The Fifth Satire of the Second Book of Horace imitated. A Dialogue between Sir Walter Raleigh, and Merlin the Prophet.

1737

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"True Witness of my Sonship Thou, / Engraving Pardon on my Heart: / Seal of my Sins in CHRIST forgiven, / Earnest of Love, and Pledge of Heav'n."

Wesley, John and Charles

Hymn to the Holy Ghost. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

1739

More than 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1740, 1761, 1765, 1793). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original.<br> <br> 3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford</u>. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31323">Link to first edition in ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW121946048&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004800840.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> Found searching in <u>The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;

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"O name divine! / Be thou engraven on my inmost soul"

Rowe [n&eacute;e Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)

Soliloquy XXXVII [from The Miscellaneous Works In Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe]

1739

At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1749, 1795, 1796).<br> <br> Elizabeth Singer Rowe, <u>The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part Now First Published, by Her Order, from Her Original Manuscripts, by Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To Which Are Added, Poems on Several Occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. and to the Whole Is Prefix'd, an Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors</u>, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW110981535&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"Father, all thy Commands to do: / Ah deep engrave it on my Breast, / That I in Thee ev'n now am blest."

Wesley, John and Charles

Hoping for Grace. From the German. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

1739

More than 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1739, 1740, 1743, 1773, 1774, 1776). See also the many other collections of hymns which select from or incorporate hymns from the original title.<br> <br> 3 editions in 1739. See John and Charles Wesley, <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems. Published by John Wesley, M. A. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charles Wesley, M. A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford</u>. (London: Printed by William Strahan, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31323">Link to first edition in ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW121946048&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004800840.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> This hymn found also in <u>Select Hymns With Tunes Annexed: Designed Chiefly for the Use of the People Called Methodists.</u> 4th edition, corrected (Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1773). And in 5th and 6th edition of the same.<br> <br> First found searching in <u>The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;

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"These are the very Words which Grief, Madam, has engrav'd in the bottom of my Heart"

Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)

Psyche. A Tragi-Comedy

1739

At least 3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).<br> <br> Trans. Henry Baker and James Miller, <u>The Works of Moliere, French and English</u>, 10 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW109722844&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"My great Redeemer's name--transporting name! / 'Tis graven on my heart"

Rowe [n&eacute;e Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)

Soliloquy XXXIII [from The Miscellaneous Works In Prose and Verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe]

1739

Elizabeth Singer Rowe, <u>The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. The Greater Part now first published, by her Order, from her Original Manuscripts, By Mr. Theophilus Rowe. To which are added, Poems on several occasions, by Mr. Thomas Rowe. And to the whole is prefix'd, An Account of the Lives and Writings of the Authors</u>, 2 vols. (London: printed for R. Hett and R. Dodsley, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW110981535&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"Early instruct your tender Youth / In Heav'n's unerring Law of Truth, / Engrave it on their Mind."

Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

Hints To A Schoolmaster.

1741

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1741).<br> <br> <u>Hints To A Schoolmaster. Address'd To Rev.d Dr. Turnbull. By Stephen Duck</u> (London: Printed for J. Roberts; and R. Dodsley, 1741). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N628">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004786760.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

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In youth "Fancy's mimick Pow'r is warm and strong, / Engraving deeply, and retaining long"

Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)

A Letter from a Guardian to a Young Lady. [from Poems on Several Occasions]

1736

At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1736, 1743).<br> <br> <u>Poems on Several Occasions. By Samuel Wesley, A.M. Master of Blundell's School at Tiverton, Devon. Sometime Student of Christ-Church; and Near Twenty Years Usher in Westminster-School.</u> (London: Printed by Edward Say in Warwick-Lane, 1736). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N20808">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from 2nd edition of 1743. See <u>Poems on Several Occasions. By Samuel Wesley, A.M.</u>, 2nd edition, with additions. (Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, Printer to the University, for J. Brotherton in Cornhill, and S. Birt in Ave-Mary Lane, London, 1743 [1744]). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T125017">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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The law "is within us, ever present with us, ever active and incumbent on the Mind, and engraven on the Heart in the fair and large Signatures of Conscience, Natural Affection, Compassion, Gratitude, and universal Benevolence."

Fordyce, David (bap. 1711, d. 1751)

The Elements of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books [from The Preceptor]

1748

At least 14 entries in ESTC (1748, 1749, 1754, 1758, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1769, 1775, 1783, 1786, 1793). First available in Dodsley's <u>Preceptor</u> in 1748, published posthumously in 1754. The <u>Elements</u> also appeared as an article in <u>Encyclopaedia Britannica</u>. Thomas Kennedy notes in the introduction to his edition: "Few essays of eighteenth-century moral philosophy can be said to have circulated so widely."<br> <br> See <u>The Elements of Moral Philosophy. In Three Books. 1. Of Man, and His Connexions. Of Duty or Moral Obligation. - Various Hypotheses Final Causes of Our Moral Faculties of Perception and Affection. 2. The Principal Distinction of Duty or Virtue. Man's Duties to Himself. - To Society. - To God. 3. Of Practical Ethics, or the Culture of the Mind. Motives to Virtue from Personal Happiness. - From the Being and Providence of God. - From the Immortality of the Soul. The Result, or Conclusion. By the Late Rev. Mr. David Fordyce. Professor of Moral Philosophy, and Author of the Art of Preaching, Inscribed to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pallmall, 1754). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T142182">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein the First Principles of Polite Learning Are Laid Down in a Way Most Suitable for Trying the Genius, and Advancing the Instruction of Youth. In Twelve Parts. Viz. I. On Reading, Speaking, and Writing Letters. II. On Geometry. III. On Geography and Astronomy. IV. On Chronology and History. V. On Rhetoric and Poetry. VI. On Drawing. VII. On Logic. VIII. On Natural History. IX. On Ethics, or Morality. X. On Trade and Commerce. XI. On Laws and Government. XII. On Human Life and Manners. Illustrated With Maps and Useful Cuts.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1748). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T79284">Link to ESTC</a>&gt; [The <u>Preceptor</u> was reprinted 1748, 1749, 1754, 1758, 1761-65, 1763, 1765, 1769, 1775, 1783, 1786, and 1793.]<br> <br> Reading and searching <u>The Elements of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books with A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress and Origin of Philosophy</u>, ed. Thomas Kennedy (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003). [The Liberty Fund text is based on the 1754 edition.] &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/fordyce-the-elements-of-moral-philosophy">Link to OLL</a>&gt;

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"But should some swain more skillful than the rest, / his name on this cold marble breast, / Not rolling ages could deface that name."

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley [n&eacute;e Lady Mary Pierrepont] (1689-1762)

Epistle [To Lord Bathurst]

1748

Lonsdale, R. Ed. <u>Eighteenth Century Women Poets</u>. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.

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Those who know the righteousness of faith may "lovingly obedient show / The law engraven on [their] hearts."

Wesley, John and Charles

IV. The Fifty-First Chapter of Isaiah. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes]

1749

Finding at least 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1749, 1755, 1761, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1796).<br> <br> See <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes. By Charles Wesley, M.A. Student of Christ-Church, Oxford.</u> (Bristol: Printed and sold by Felix Farley, 1749). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T31328">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120109215&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes. By Charles Wesley</u>, 2nd ed. (Bristol: Printed and sold by E. Farley, 1755-56). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB132495441&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Also found in <u>Hymns for Those to Whom Christ Is All in All.</u> (London: Printed in the year, 1761), p 96.&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW118974962&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). [there titled "XCI. The Same. Hymn 4. O What an Evil Heart Have I"] &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;

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"With a diamond's point it [sin] stands / Engraven on my heart / Wrote by mine, and Satan's hands / It mocks the' eraser's art."

Wesley, John and Charles

LXIII. THE SAME. Hymn 13. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems. In Two Volumes]

1749