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Writing::Imprinting

"Thus every good his native wilds impart / Imprints the patriot passion on his heart, / And even those ills, that round his mansion rise, / Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies."

Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society

1764

Over 70 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1764, 1765, 1768, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800) [Published in <u>The Works of the English Poets</u>].<br> <br> See <u>The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem.</u> (London: Printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1764). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N49108">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from Roger Lonsdale's <u>The Poems of Thomas Gray, William Collins, and Oliver Goldsmith</u> (London and New York: Longman and Norton: 1972).

Writing::Imprinting

"Such a festival must indeed have degenerated, in a wealthy and despotic empire, into a theatrical representation; but it was at least a comedy well worthy of a royal audience, and which might sometimes imprint a salutary lesson on the mind of a young prince."

Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1776

Published in six volumes: vol. I in 1776; vols. II and III, 1781; vols. IV, V, and VI, 1788-1789. At least 36 entries in ESTC (1776, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1797).<br> <br> See <u>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; Volume the First.</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1776). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T78356">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Searching in Edward Gibbon, <u>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, </u>ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols.

Writing::Imprinting

"These convenient maxims of reverence and implicit faith were doubtless imprinted with care on the tender minds of youth"

Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1776

Published in six volumes: vol. I in 1776; vols. II and III, 1781; vols. IV, V, and VI, 1788-1789. At least 36 entries in ESTC (1776, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1797).<br> <br> See <u>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq; Volume the First.</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1776). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T78356">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Searching in Edward Gibbon, <u>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, </u>ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols.

Writing::Indelible

"Why did I not / Repent, while yet my Crimes were decibel! / Ere they had struck their Colours thro' my Soul, / As black as Night or Hell!"

Brown, John (1715-1766)

Barbarossa: A Tragedy

1755

At least 23 entries in ESTC (1755, 1756, 1757, 1760, 1762, 1770, 1771, 1774, 1777, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1795).<br> <br> See <u>Barbarossa: A Tragedy. As It Is Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.</u> (London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809991.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Indelible Characters

"And with regard, at least, to this most dreadful of all crimes, nature, antecedent to all reflexions upon the utility of punishment, has in this manner stamped upon the human heart, in the strongest and most indelible characters, an immediate and instinctive approbation of the sacred and necessary law of retaliation."

Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

1759

10 entries in the ESTC (1759, 1761, 1764, 1767, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797). A revised title with a complicated textual history.<br> <br> See <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments: By Adam Smith</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1759). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141578">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004894986.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading Adam Smith, <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments</u>, ed. D.D. Raphael and A.L. Macfie (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1984).

Writing::Index

"Yes, Speech is Animi Index, & Speculum; 'tis the Interpreter of the Heart, 'tis the Image of the Soul."

Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller James (1706-1744); Moli&egrave;re (1622-1673)

The Forc'd Marriage [from The Works of Moliere]

1739

3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Works of Moliere, French and English. In ten volumes</u>, trans. Henry Baker and James Miller (London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1739). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?type=search&tabID=T001&queryId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28BN%2CNone%2C7%29T064219%24&sort=Author&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&version=1.0&prodId=ECCO">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Index

"Speech was given to Man as the Image and Interpreter of the Soul: It is <em>anime index & speculum</em>, the Messenger of the Heart, the Gate by which all that is within issues forth, and comes into open View."

Bulstrode, Richard, Sir (1610-1711)

Miscellaneous Essays

1715

<u>Miscellaneous Essays</u> (London: Printed for Jonas Browne, 1715). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004895801.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Ink

"Lastly, Supposing the Mind was not an Immaterial Substance, Grant it to be a Material one, if it has yet any Peculiar nature or Constitution of it's own, it could not be a Rasa Tabula, upon which any Thing might be Imprinted; This Paper, for Instance, on which I Write, is Susceptible of those Characters, which I Draw upon it, because it's Nature is such, as to Receive the Impression of the Ink, which Falls from the Pen, but Fire, or Flame, would not Admit of the same Characters, Described in the same Way, nor would Oil, or Spirit of Nitre, do it, nor, on the Contrary, would it be Possible to Write these Characters upon this Paper with those Substances"

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::Ink

"Restless, on paper, we our vows repeat, / And pour our souls out, on the missive sheet"

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

The Picture of Love

1726

At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1726, 1753, 1754).<br> <br> See <u>Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. By Several Hands. Publish’d by Richard Savage, Son of the Late Earl Rivers.</u> (London: Printed for Samuel Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1726). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T127363">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq; in Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, and of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With an Essay on the Art of Acting</u>. (London: Printed for the benefit of the family, 1753). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T107059">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Ink

A recipe for sympathetic ink

Amory, Thomas (1690&#47;1-1788)

The Life of John Buncle, Esq.

1756

At least 4 entries in the ESTC (1756, 1763, 1766, 1770).<br> <br> Text from first printing: <u>The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World; and Many Extraordinary Relations</u>, (London: Printed for J. Noon, 1756). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109147609&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=xr i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000000000:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World, and Many Extraordinary Relations</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=578NAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Ink

"Nay, the very insipid <i>phlegm</i>, and even the <i>caput mortuum</i> of the brain, after this chemical operation, being mixed with ink, and spred upon paper, have the same combustible, noisy qualities, with the spirits themselves."

Richard Russel and John Martyn

The Grub-Street Journal, No. 17

1730

Martyn, Richard Russel and John. <u>Memoirs of the Society of Grub Street</u>. London: J. WIlford, 1737. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=M74PAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Ink

"Live then upon the paper, and upon my memory, every stroke of his pen! For there is no gall in his ink, but only precious balm, and honied drops of salutary counsel."

Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)

Letter to Mr. Richardson (January 3, 1750-1)

1751

See volume IV of <u>The Works of Mrs. Chapone: Now First Collected</u> (London: John Murray, 1807). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WeU0AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Ink and Quill

"My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, / Verse-man or Prose-man, term me which you will."

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated

1733

See Alexander Pope, <u>The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated: In a Dialogue between Alexander Pope of Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq; On the One Part, and his Learned Council on the Other</u> (London: Printed by L. G. [Lawton Gilliver] and sold by A. Dodd; E. Nutt; and by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1733). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004809261.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading <u>The Poems of Alexander Pope</u>, A One-Volume Edition of the Twickenham Text with Selected Annotations, ed. John Butt (New Haven: Yale UP, 1963).

Writing::Inscription

"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::Inscriptions

"I have quoted from Mr. <i>Locke</i>, that the human Mind is a <i>Tabula rasa</i>, that any Thing may be writ upon it, and that it cannot have any Thing unless it be write there, but will remain a Blank for ever; that there is a vast variety of Inscriptions made on it, which shews that the Stuff must be the same, which is capable of receiving equally of many Millions of different Impressions."

Philalethes [pseud.]

A philosophical dissertation upon the inlets to human knowledge, in a letter from a gentleman in the country to his friend at London.

1740

Philalethes, Gentleman in the country. <u>A philosophical dissertation upon the inlets to human knowledge, in a letter from a gentleman in the country to his friend at London</u>. The second edition [Dublin], 1740. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Law

The "Laws of Honour" may be "printed by the Laws of Nature in the Breast of a Soldier, or a Man of Honour"

Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

The History and Remarkable Life Of the truly Honourable Colonel Jack

1723

At least 9 entries in the ESTC (1722, 1723, 1724, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1747)<br> <br> Text from <u>The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Col. Jacque, Commonly Call'd Col. Jack, Who Was Born a Gentleman, Put 'Prentice to a Pick-Pocket, Was Six and Twenty Years a Thief, and then Kidnapp'd to Virginia, Came Back a Merchant; Was Five Times Married to Four Whores; Went Into the Wars, Behav'd Bravely, Got Preferment, Was Made Colonel of a Regiment, Came over, and Fled With the Chevalier, Is Still Abroad Compleating a Life of Wonders, and Resolves to Dye a General.</u> 2nd edition (London: Printed and Sold by J. Brotherton, T. Payne, W. Mears, 1723). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T69662">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Law

"[A]ll Laws that were ever framed for the good Government of Men (even with the divine Decalogue) are no other than faint Transcripts of that eternal Law of Benevolence, which was written and again retraced in the Bosom of the first Man"

Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)

The Fool of Quality, or, the History of Henry Earl of Moreland

1765

17 entries in the ESTC (1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1776, 1777, 1782, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Fool of Quality, or, the History of Henry Earl of Moreland.</u> (Dublin: Printed for the Author by Dillon Chamberlaine, 1765-1770). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?type=search&tabID=T001&queryId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28BN%2CNone%2C7%29T059854%24&sort=Author&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&version=1.0&prodId=ECCO">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;. Note, vol. 2 is dated 1766, vol. 3 1768, vol. 4 1769, vol. 5 1770.

Writing::Laws

One may learn "her Lesson from within" and "There […] read the Characters imprest / Upon the Mind of ev'ry human Breast,-- / The native Laws prescrib'd to every Soul, / And Love, the One Fulfiller of the Whole."

Byrom, John (1692-1763)

Reflexions on the Foregoing Account. [from Sacred 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; [Variant title: "Reflections on the Foregoing Account," see vol. 2]<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::Legible

"Come, come, Albina; / Though to a Lover you might wear this guise, / Of coy reserve, yet, to a Father's eye, / Your mind should now appear as legible / As in the days of prattling infancy."

Cowley [n&eacute;e Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)

Albina, Countess Raimond; a Tragedy

1779

7 entries in ESTC (1779, 1780, 1797).<br> <br> See <u>Albina, Countess Raimond; a Tragedy, by Mrs. Cowley: As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market.</u> (London: Printed by T. Spilsbury; for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; R. Faulder, New Bond-Street; L. Davis, Holborn; T. Becket, in the Strand; W. Owen, T. Lowndes, and G. Kearsly, Fleet-Street; W. Davis, Ludgate-Hill; S. Crowder, and T. Evans, Pater-Noster-Row; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Royal-Exchange, 1779). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T54527">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004832615.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Letter

"Vertue's noble mark ... extending by degrees, / Shall grow like Letters carv'd on Trees / That widen with the Bark."

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;

Writing::Letter

"When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, / Points him two ways, the narrower is the better."

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

The Dunciad, in Four Books.

1743

At least 19 entries in the ESTC (1742, 1743, 1744, 1749, 1756, 1776, 1777).<br> <br> <u>The Dunciad, in Four Books. Printed According to the Complete Copy Found in the Year 1742. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. to Which Are Added, Several Notes Now First Publish'd, the Hypercritics of Aristarchus, and His Dissertation on the Hero of the Poem.</u> (London: Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row, 1743). [2 issues in 1743] &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T5560">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N72334">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=CB3331389119&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading <u>The Dunciad in Four Books</u>, ed. Valerie Rumbold (New York: Pearson Longman, 2009).

Writing::Letter

"A letter is the soul's portrait. It is not a cold image, with its stagnation, so remote from love; it lends itself to all our emotions; turn by turn it grows animated, it enjoys, it rests"

Laclos, Pierre (-Ambrose-Fran&ccedil;ois) Choderlos de (1741-1803)

Dangerous Liaisons

1782

Writing::Letter

"A Man of true Honour will as soon break open a Lock as a Letter, which does not belong to him; and pick his Neighbour's Pocket, as soon as discover his Nakedness in this Respect; for a Letter, being the Representative of the Person's Heart, who sends it, ought to pass, without Examination or Interruption, to the Hand, to which it is directed; since, otherwise, this Convenience will be of little Use to Mankind, who would no more communicate their Thoughts, in a free Manner, upon many Topicks, than they would talk upon them in publick Company."

Caleb d’Anvers [pseud. for Nicholas Amhurst, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke, and William Pulteney, Earl of Bath]

The Craftsman, No. 37

1727

<u>The Craftsman. By Caleb D'Anvers, of Gray's-Inn, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for R. Francklin, 1731). &lt<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LGIynz8AyLEC">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Letters

One's name may be "written in large letters" in another's heart

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::Letters

"We bleed, we tremble; we forget, we smile: / The mind turns fool before the cheek is dry. / Our quick-returning folly cancels all; / As the tide rushing rases what is writ / In yielding sands, and smooths the letter'd shore."

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

The Complaint. Or, Night-Thoughts on Life Death, & Immortality. Night the Fifth [Night-Thoughts]

1743

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> See <u>The Complaint. Or, Night-Thoughts on Life Death, & Immortality. Night the Fifth</u>. (London: R. Dodsley, 1743). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW121665311&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<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;<br> <br> Reading Edward Young, <u>Night Thoughts</u>, ed. Stephen Cornford (New York: Cambridge UP, 1989).

Writing::Letters

"We observed a long Antrum or Cavity in the Sinciput, that was filled with Ribbons, Lace and Embroidery, wrought together in a most curious Piece of Network, the Parts of which were likewise imperceptible to the naked Eye. Another of these Antrums or Cavities was stuffed with invisible Billetdoux, Love-Letters, pricked Dances, and other Trumpery of the same Nature. In another we found a kind of Powder, which set the whole Company a Sneezing, and by the Scent discovered it self to be right Spanish. The several other Cells were stored with Commodities of the same kind, of which it would be tedious to give the Reader an exact Inventory."

Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Spectator, No. 275

1712

See Donald Bond's edition: <u>The Spectator</u>, 5 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965), ii, 570-3.

Writing::Letters

"See Lord, the Object of thy Love, / And O come quickly from above, / The Blessing to impart, / Him to Thyself by Faith unite, / And in large bloody Letters write / Forgiveness on his Heart."

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

LXVII. Another. Hymn VII. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

1749

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, MDCCXLIX. [1749]. &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120109549&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Letters

"See Lord, the Object of thy Love, / And O come quickly from above, / The Blessing to impart, / Him to Thyself by Faith unite, / And in large bloody Letters write / Forgiveness on his Heart."

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

LXVII. Another. Hymn VII. [from Hymns and Sacred Poems]

1749

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, MDCCXLIX. [1749]. &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120109549&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Library

"Her mind was a kind of circulating library in little, and I sincerely wish romances were always attended with the same good effects they produced in her; for there is scarcely a good moral inculcated by them that she did not act up to."

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::Library

"Her mind was a kind of circulating library in little, and I sincerely wish romances were always attended with the same good effects they produced in her; for there is scarcely a good moral inculcated by them that she did not act up to."

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::Library::Books

"Well-tutor'd Learning, from his books / Dismiss'd with grave, not haughty looks, / Their order on his shelves exact, / Not more harmonious or compact / Than that, to which he keeps confined / The various treasures of his mind."

Cowper, William (1731-1800)

On Mrs. Montagu's Feather-Hangings [from Gentleman's Magazine]

1788

Cowper, William. <u>The Poems of William Cowper</u>. 3 vols. Ed. John D. Baird and Charles Ryskamp. Oxford: Oxford UP: 1980. Vol III.

Writing::Line

"Each Line's a Transcript of his Mind!"

Mitchell, Joseph (c. 1684-1738)

An Ode, On Buchanan [from Poems on Several Occasions]

1732

Joseph Mitchell, <u>Poems on Several Occasions</u>, 2 vols. (London: Harmen Noorthouck, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW110021024&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Marks

"The ready Phantomes at her Nod advance, / And form the busie Intellectual Dance: / While her fair Scenes to vary, or supply, / She singles out fit Images, that lye / In Memory's Records, which faithful hold / Objects immense in secret Marks inroll'd, / The sleeping Forms at her Command awake, / And now return, and now their Cells forsake; / On active Fancy's crowded Theater, / As she directs, they rise or disappear."

Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)

Creation: A Philosophical Poem.

1712

At least 8 entries in ESTC (1712, 1715, 1718, 1736, 1797).<br> <br> Text from Sir Richard Blackmore, <u>Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God</u>, 2nd ed. (London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T74302">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=CW3312797114&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Other Online Editions:<br> First edition (also published in 1712) is available &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313387692&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; &lt<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=D8Lku4c3SCYC">Link to 1715 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Marks or Notes

There are ideas in the mind of God, "which are so many marks or notes that direct him how to produce sensations in our minds" just as a musician uses notes to produce a tune.

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge

1710

George Berkeley, <u>A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge: Wherein the chief cause of error and difficulty in the Sciences, with the grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion are inquired Into</u> (Dublin: printed by Aaron Rhames, for Jeremey Pepyet, 1710). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW118263402&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also Tonson's London edition: <u>A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Wherein the Chief Causes of Error and Difficulty in the Sciences, with the Grounds of Scepticism, Atheism, and Irreligion, are Inquired Into. First Printed in the Year 1710. To Which are Added Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, in Opposition to Scepticks and Atheists. First Printed in the Year 1713. Both Written by George Berkeley, M. A. Fellow of Trinity-College, Dublin</u> (London: Jacob Tonson, 1734). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3317456882&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from Past Masters digitized version, based on second edition of 1734. From <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::Maxim::Engraving

"A maxim, or moral saying, properly enough receives this form; both because it is supposed to be the fruit of meditation, and because it is designed to be engraven on the memory, which recalls it more easily by the help of such contrasted expressions."

Blair, Hugh (1718-1800)

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

1783

29 entries in ESTC (1783, 1784, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1793, 1796, 1798). See also <u>Heads of the Lectures on Rhetorick, and Belles Lettres</u> (1767, 1771, 1777) and abridgments of the lectures as <u>Essays on Rhetoric</u> (1784, 1785, 1787, 1789, 1793, 1797, 1798).<br> <br> See <u>Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. By Hugh Blair</u> (London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell; and W. Creech, in Edinburgh, 1783): &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N5887">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;. See also Dublin edition of same year in ECCO-TCP: &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004786433.0001.001">Link to Vol. I</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004786433.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004786433.0001.003">Vol. III</a>&gt;. Revised and corrected for second edition of 1785.<br> <br> Reading <u>Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres</u>, eds. Linda Ferreira-Buckley and S. Michael Halloran (Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2005). Text based on second edition of 1785.

Writing::Name

"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::Newspaper

"No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you."

Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)

My Grandmother; a musical farce, in two acts, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The music composed by Mr. Storace

1794

Writing::Notices

"Nature has therefore endued us with a MIDDLE FACULTY, wonderfully adapted to our MIXED State, which holds partly of Sense and partly of Reason, being strongly allied to the former, and the common Receptacle in which all the Notices that come from that quarter are treasured up, and yet greatly subservient and ministerial to the latter, by giving a Body, a Coherence, and Beauty to its Conceptions."

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;

Writing::Notices

"When the situation is, what we would wish, nothing is so ill-timed as to hint at the circumstances which make it so: you thank Fortune, continued she--you had reason--the heart knew it, and was satisfied; and who but an English philosopher would have sent notices of it to the brain to reverse the judgment?"

Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

1768

Over 86 entries in ESTC (1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1787, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1800).<br> <br> Text from <u>A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick.</u>, 2 vols. 2nd ed. (London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1768).

Writing::Obliteration

"And as I am resolved, in spite of the Pleasure I take in gazing on them, to condemn myself to an eternal Absence, and to do every thing in my power to obliterate all Ideas from my Heart, that may render it an unworthy Offering to the Owner of this Jewel."

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

Adventures of Eovaai

1736

4 entries in ESTC (1736, 1741). Retitled in second edition as <u>The Unfortunate Princess: or the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo</u>.<br> <br> See <u>Adventures of Eovaai. Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London.</u> (London: Printed for S. Baker, 1736). &lt<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T57423">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=CW114435542&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from Women Writers Online. &lt;<a href="http://textbase.wwp.brown.edu/WWO/search?browse-all=yes;brand=wwo#!/view/haywood.eovaai.xml">Link to WWO</a>&gt;

Writing::Obliteration

"Do you think I was not grateful for his attention? yes, indeed, and every angry idea I had entertained, was totally obliterated."

Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

1778

23 entries in ESTC (1778, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1788, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1800).<br> <br> See <u>Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World</u> (London: Printed for T. Lowndes, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000000827:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text also drawn from <u>Evelina: or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World.</u> (Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross, Fitzsimons, W. Whitestone [etc.], 1779). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004822925.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004822925.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br> <br> Reading <u>Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World</u>, ed. Margaret Doody (New York: Penguin, 1994). Note, Doody uses the third edition, published in 1779, as her copy-text.

Writing::Page

"Read and revere the sacred page; a page / Where triumphs Immortality; a page / Which not the whole creation could produce; / Which not the conflagration shall destroy; / In Nature's ruins not one letter lost: / 'Tis printed in the minds of gods for ever."

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

Night the Seventh. Being the Second Part of the Infidel Reclaimed. Containing the Nature, Proof, and Importance, of Immortality. [Night-Thoughts]

1744

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 Seventh. Being the Second Part of the Infidel Reclaimed. Containing the Nature, Proof, and Importance, of Immortality</u>. (London: Printed for G. Hawkins, 1744). <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;<br> <br> Reading Edward Young, <u>Night Thoughts</u>, ed. Stephen Cornford (New York: Cambridge UP, 1989).

Writing::Page

"Here it was that I exulted in my success; no blot, no stain, appeared on any part of the faithful mirror. As when the large, unwritten page presents its snowy spotless bosom to the writer's hand; so appeared the glass to my view."

Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)

The Citizen of the World

1762

First published in the <u>Public Ledger</u> in 1760-1761. At least 25 entries in ESTC (1762, 1769, 1774, 1775 1776, 1782, 1785, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1799, 1800).<br><br> <br><br> Text from <u>The Citizen of the World: or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East.</u> (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Newbery and W. Bristow; J. Leake and W. Frederick, Bath; B. Collins, Salisbury; and A. M. Smart and Co. Reading, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897171.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Page::Fair Page

"May the fair page never be polluted!--may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!"

Rack, Edmund (1735-1787)

Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack.

1777

At least 3 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1785).<br> <br> Text from <u>Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack. The Third Edition, Revised and Corrected</u> (Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author; and sold in London by E. and C. Dilly; James Philips; and J. Buckland, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T61228">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Page::Fair Page

"May the fair page never be polluted!--may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!"

Rack, Edmund (1735-1787)

Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack.

1777

At least 3 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1785).<br> <br> Text from <u>Mentor's Letters, Addressed to Youth. By Edmund Rack. The Third Edition, Revised and Corrected</u> (Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author; and sold in London by E. and C. Dilly; James Philips; and J. Buckland, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T61228">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

One may be " In State most desponding, by the Light of a Taper, / With Thoughts dull and dark as my Wax, or my Paper"

Tickell, Thomas (1685-1740)

No. 56 To the Duke of Devonshire [from Tickell's Poems]

1738

"To the Duke of Devonshire, The Petition of John Ward" <u>The Gentleman's Magazine</u> Vol. 8, p. 9. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=e0kDAAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"The Heart must be Tabula Rasa, white Paper to his Pen, soft Wax to his Seal: Let him write upon me what he pleaseth, and make what Impressions he pleaseth upon me."

Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)

A Sermon Preach'd at the Ordination of Mr. Atkinson

1713

Matthew Henry, <u>A Sermon Preach'd at the Ordination of Mr. Atkinson, in London, Jan 7, 1712/13. By Matthew Henry, Minister of the Gospel. Together with Mr. Atkinson’s Confession of His Faith on That Occasion. And an Exhortation to Him in the Close, by Jeremiah Smith, Minister of the Gospel.</u> (London: Printed for J. Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultry; R. Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; N. Cliff and D. Jackson at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, 1713). &lt;<a rhef="http://estc.bl.uk/T60284">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"Lastly, Supposing the Mind was not an Immaterial Substance, Grant it to be a Material one, if it has yet any Peculiar nature or Constitution of it's own, it could not be a Rasa Tabula, upon which any Thing might be Imprinted; This Paper, for Instance, on which I Write, is Susceptible of those Characters, which I Draw upon it, because it's Nature is such, as to Receive the Impression of the Ink, which Falls from the Pen, but Fire, or Flame, would not Admit of the same Characters, Described in the same Way, nor would Oil, or Spirit of Nitre, do it, nor, on the Contrary, would it be Possible to Write these Characters upon this Paper with those Substances"

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::Paper

And "therefore, if the Present Philosophy is of this Opinion, that the Mind is a Rasa Tabula, a Perfectly Unactive and Unintelligent Being in it's self, and in it's own Nature, it it only Perceives, as Impulses are made on it, in like Manner, as this paper Received no Characters, but what are Written thereon, it will not always Think and Perceive"

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::Paper

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::Paper

"[M]eeting virtues" may be "perfectly imprest / On sacred Sheets, in thy Ethereal Breast"

Masters, Mary (1694-1771)

Sent to a Lady with Myrtillo's Poems. [from Poems on Several Occasions. By Mary Masters]

1733

Writing::Paper

"Here too is Paper; but it is as spotless as your Mind"

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

Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded.

1740

Over 53 entries in ESTC (1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1746, 1754, 1762, 1767, 1771, 1772, 1775, 1776, 1785, 1792, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1799). [Richardson published third and fourth volumes in 1741.]<br> <br> First edition published in two volumes on 6 November, 1740--dated 1741 on the title page. Volumes 3 and 4 were published in December 7, 1741 (this sequel is sometimes called <u>Pamela in her Exalted Condition</u>).<br> <br> See Samuel Richardson, <u>Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded. In a Series of Familiar Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel, to Her Parents: Now First Published in Order to Cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative Which Has Its Foundation in Truth and Nature: and at the Same Time That It Agreeably Entertains, by a Variety of Curious and Affecting Incidents, Is Intirely Divested of All Those Images, Which, in Too Many Pieces Calculated for Amusement Only, Tend to Inflame the Minds They Should Instruct</u> (London: C. Rivington and J. Robinson, 1740). [Title page says 1741] &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T111392">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112764551&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004873068.0001.001">Link to first vol. of 3rd edition in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded. in a Series of Familiar Letters from a Beautiful Young Damsel to Her Parents: and Afterwards, in Her Exalted Condition, Between Her, and Persons of Figure and Quality, Upon the Most Important and Entertaining Subjects, in Genteel Life. the Third and Fourth Volumes. Publish’d in Order to Cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. by the Editor of the Two First.</u> (London: Printed for S. Richardson: and sold by C. Rivington, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and J. Osborn, in Pater-Noster Row, [1742] [1741]). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T111391">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> All searching was originally done in Chadwyck Healey's eighteenth-century prose fiction database through Stanford's HDIS interface. Chadwyck-Healey contains electronic texts of the original editions (1740-1741) and the 6th edition (1742).

Writing::Paper

"But if the Soul was like a <i>Tabula Rasa</i>, or a fair Sheet of Paper, (as Mr <i>L</i> -- says) it would be no more capable of having Knowledge of any kind excited in it, than a Sheet of Paper can have Knowledge excited in it."

Anonymous

A Dissertation on Deistical and Arian Corruption

1742

<u>A Dissertation on Deistical and Arian Corruption: or, Plain Proof, That the Principles and Practices of Arians and Deists Are Founded Upon Spiritual Blindness, and Resolve Into Atheism; ... Where Mr Jack--N's Dissertation on Matter and Spirit, Mr. Locke's Essay, &c. Are Particularly Examined, &c.</u> (London: Printed for G. Strahan, 1742).

Writing::Paper

"Such Rancour this, of such a poisonous Vein, / As never, never, shall my Paper stain: / Much less infect my Heart"

Francis, Philip (1708-1773)

Satire IV. The Comic Poets, in its Earliest Age. [from A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace]

1746

Nineteen entries in ESTC (1742, 1743, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1753, 1756, 1764, 1765, 1778, 1779, 1791, 1794). Francis translated Horace in four volumes. The first two volumes containing Horaces odes, epodes, and "Carmen Seculare" were issued together in 1743; Vol III, containing the satires, and IV, containing the epistles and Horace's "Art of Poetry," were issued in 1746.<br> <br> See <u>The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace. In Latin and English. With Critical Notes Collected from his best Latin and French commentators. By the Revd. Mr. Philip Francis</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313542303&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to Vol. I in ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313542630&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to Vol. II</a>&gt; <br> Also <u>A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: with the Original Text, and Notes Collected from the Best Latin and French Commentators on that Author. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis</u> (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1746). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW116122852&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to Vol. III in ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW116444527&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to Vol. IV in ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from his Best Latin and French Commentators. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis</u>, 3rd edition, 4 vols. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1749).

Writing::Paper

"O let one beam, one kind inlightning ray / At once upon his mind and paper play!"

Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)

A Translation of Some Latin Verses on the Camera Obscura

1752

Text from <u>The Works of Soame Jenyns</u>, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790).<br> <br> See Soame Jenyns, <u>Poems. By *****.</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T54035">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk:80/F/3GVR5XG7AVR6TI5B91TEV8LR4PT8U8264NGQJUDDYK1EUU4XRM-03846?func=service&doc_library=BLL06&doc_number=006325839&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA%22">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"The yielding paper's pure, but vacant breast, / By her fair hand and flowing pen imprest, / At ev'ry touch more animated grows."

Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)

To a Lady, In Answer to a Letter Wrote in a Very Fine Hand

1752

Text from <u>The Works of Soame Jenyns</u>, 4 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1790).<br> <br> See Soame Jenyns, <u>Poems. By *****.</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T54035">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk:80/F/3GVR5XG7AVR6TI5B91TEV8LR4PT8U8264NGQJUDDYK1EUU4XRM-03846?func=service&doc_library=BLL06&doc_number=006325839&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA%22">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"I tried to look again into the paper; but the contents were all in my mind, and filled 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::Paper

"In these papers is my heart laid open"

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::Paper

"My Soul complains on paper"

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::Paper

"In presence, we will be one; in absence, we will not be divided; for we will mingle souls and sentiments on paper."

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::Paper

"Could my thoughts and her words have been legible on paper, I fancy they would make a comical figure"

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::Paper

"[N]o Sentence so severe / As this, my Mind, much less my Paper, stains"

Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Satire IV [from The Works of Horace]

1757

<u>The Works of Horace in English verse. By several Hands. Collected and published by Mr. Duncombe. With notes Historical and Critical</u>, 2 vols. (London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757)&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112364291&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"The mind of man is, at first, a kind of tabula rasa; or like a piece of blank paper, and bears no original inscriptions, when we come into the world; we owe all the characters afterwards drawn upon it, to the impressions made upon our senses; to education, custom, and the like."

Fielding, John, Sir (1721-1780)

The Universal Mentor; Containing, Essays on the Most Important Subjects in Life

1763

3 entries in ESTC (1763, 1773).<br> <br> Text from <u>The Universal Mentor; Containing, Essays on the Most Important Subjects in Life; Composed of Observations, Sentiments, and Examples of Virtue, Selected from the most approved Ethic Writers, Biographers, and Historians. Both Antient and Modern. By Sir John Fielding, Kn.</u> (Dublin: Printed for Sarah Cotter, and Samuel Watson, 1763). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T77067">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"Ay: ay: this is none of your modern paper skull'd authors--old Geoffery's head is sound"

Reynolds, Frederick (1764-1841)

Fortune's Fool; A Comedy, in Five Acts. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. By Frederick Reynolds

1796

Writing::Paper

"There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated."

Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Count Benyowsky, or the Conspiracy of Kamtschatka

1798

Second edition in Google Books: <u>Count Benyowsky, or the Conspiracy of Kamtschatka. A Tragi-Comedy, in Five Acts, Translated from the German, by the Rev. W. Render</u>, 2nd ed. (London: W. J. and J. Richardson, 1798). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7V4HAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"The action of the pen will doubtless imprint an idea on the mind as well as on the paper: but I much question whether the benefits of this laborious method are adequate to the waste of time; and I must agree with Dr. Johnson, (Idler, No. 74.) 'that what is twice read, is commonly better remembered, than what is transcribed.'"

Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)

Memoirs of My Life and Writings

1796

3 entries in ESTC (1796).<br> <br> See "Memoirs of My Life and Writings" in volume I of <u>Miscellaneous Works: of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative, by John Lord Sheffield.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell, 1796). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T79696">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004849601.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br> <br> Most text drawn from <u>Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon</u> Ed. Oliver Farrar Emerson (London: Athenaeum Press, 1898). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=53oqAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books Edition</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6031/6031-h/6031-h.htm">Link to Project Gutenberg</a>&gt; [text copied from PG, pagination for Google Book scan].

Writing::Paper

"Live then upon the paper, and upon my memory, every stroke of his pen! For there is no gall in his ink, but only precious balm, and honied drops of salutary counsel."

Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)

Letter to Mr. Richardson (January 3, 1750-1)

1751

See volume IV of <u>The Works of Mrs. Chapone: Now First Collected</u> (London: John Murray, 1807). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=WeU0AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Paper

"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::Paper-Bullets

"[B]ut shall Quirps and Sentences, and those Paper-Bullets of the Brain frighten a Man from his Humour?"

Miller, James (1706-1744); Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Universal Passion. A Comedy.

1737

First performed on February 28, 1737. 2 entries in ESTC (1737).<br> <br> <u>The Universal Passion. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, By His Majesty's Servants</u> (London: Printed for J. Watts, 1737).

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"all that Enumeration of Ideas in the World, and the Sensations, which are said to be the Cause of them, will not be Sufficient to Prove, that the Mind is nothing else, that a Rasa Tabula, or a Piece of Blank Paper, good for little, but to Write on"

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::Paper::Blank Paper

"We rather take Notice of this here; Because this Philosophy had made the Mind a Rasa Tabula, or a Blank Paper, or an Empty and Void Room without any Furniture, which therefore it was to Supply; And this is done by Storing it with it's Simple Ideas from Sensation and Reflection, and from thence Deriving it's Complex Ones; On the Contrary we say, that what this Philosophy Terms Simple Ideas, are Abstracted ones, as Colour, Sound, Extension, <i>&c</i>. and therefore are not First in the Mind, but are Made by it; And on the other Hand, what it Names Complex Ideas, are Received Whole, and Compounded into the Mind, and are afterwards Separated into the Simple Ideas, or the Particulars, of which they Consist."

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::Paper::Blank Paper

"We are told by Philosophers, of no small Note, that the Mind is, at first, a kind of Tabula rasa, or like a Piece of blank Paper, that it bears no original Inscriptions, when we come into the World,--that we owe all the Characters afterwards drawn upon it, to the Impressions made upon our Senses; to Education, Custom, and the like."

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

Dialogues Concerning Education

1745

8 entries in ESTC (1745, 1748, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1768).<br> <br> Fordyce, David. <u>Dialogues Concerning Education</u>. 2 vols. (London: [s.n.], 1745).

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"Now the Purpose for which [Lestrange] principally intended his Book, as in his Preface he spends a great many Words to inform us, was for the Use and Instruction of Children; who being, as it were, a mere rasa tabula, or blank Paper, are ready indifferently for any Opinion, good or bad, taking all upon Credit; and that it is in the Power of the first Comer to write Saint or Devil upon them, which he pleases."

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

Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts.

1747

Aesop. <u>Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts. </u>The fifth edition. London, 1747. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"What sort of Children therefore are the <i>Blank Paper</i>, upon which such Morality as this ought to be written?"

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

Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts.

1747

Aesop. <u>Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts. </u>The fifth edition. London, 1747. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"Let the Children of Italy, France, Spain, and the rest of the Popish Countries, furnish him with Blank Paper for Principles, of which free-born <i>Britons</i> are not capable."

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

Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts.

1747

Aesop. <u>Fables of &AElig;sop and others. Newly done into English. With an application to each fable. Illustrated with cutts. </u>The fifth edition. London, 1747. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"From their cradle she instilled into them the most perfect maxims of piety, and contempt of the world. the ancient Romans dreaded nothing more in the education of youth than their being ill taught the first principles of the sciences; it being more difficult to unlearn the errours then imbibed, than to begin on a meer <i>tabula rasa</i>, or blank paper"

Butler, Alban (1709-1773)

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints

1756

See Butler, Alban. <u>The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints: Compiled from Original Monuments, and Other Authentick Records</u>, 4 vols. (London, 1756-59), vol. I.

Writing::Paper::Blank Paper

"He is now reduced to the greatest want and beggary, he is become a meer tabula rasa, a sheet of blank paper, a page of perfect inanity."

Campbell, Archibald (bap. 1724, d. 1780)

The Sale of Authors, a Dialogue

1767

Archibald Campbell, <u>The Sale of Authors, a Dialogue, in Imitation of Lucian's Sale of Philosophers</u> (London, 1767). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313567144&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015063540804">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;

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"Vain therefore, and entirely to be rejected, is that <i>Principle</i> published to the World, by a celebrated Philosopher of the last Century, <i>namely</i>, that the Soul in its <i>first created State</i>, has <i>nothing</i> in it, but is a mere <i>Rasa Tabula</i>, or <i>blank Paper</i>."

Law, William (1686-1761)

A Short but Sufficient Confutation of the Rev. Dr. Warburton's Projected Defence (As he calls it) of Christianity in his Divine Legation of Moses. In a Letter to the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of London. [from The works of the Reverend William Law, A.M. In nine volumes]

1769

Law, William. <u>The works of the Reverend William Law, A.M. In nine volumes</u>. Vol. 8. London, 1762 [1780?]. 9 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"How solidly he establishes, in Opposition to the celebrated Mr. Locke, the Doctrine of Innate Ideas; or that the Soul of Man, is not in its first created State, a mere Rasa Tabula, or blank Paper, but full of divine Sensations, and the Powers, Riches and Glories of Eternity; all treasured up and lying dormant in it."

Anonymous; [L--]

A Serious and Affectionate Address, to All Orders of Men, Adapted to This Awful Crisis

1781

Only 1 entry in the ESTC (1781).<br> <br> <u>A Serious and Affectionate Address, to All Orders of Men, Adapted to This Awful Crisis. in Which Are Earnestly Recommended, the Works of the Late Rev. William Law, ... to Which Are Added Three Letters, Written by Mr. Law, to the Author.</u> (Bath: Printed and sold by S. Hazard: sold also by G. Robinson, London, and T. Mills, Bristol, 1781). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T103900">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"There is none comes to the school of Christ suiting the philosopher's word <i>ut tabula rasa</i>, as blank paper, to receive his doctrine; but, on the contrary, all scribbled and blurred with such base habits as these, <i>malice</i>, <i>hypocrisy</i>, <i>envy, </i>&c."

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

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"Our minds are like blank paper, as a great philosopher has observed, and the first impressions they receive are generally the most permanent and powerful."

Anonymous

The Adventures of George Maitland, Esq

1786

<u>The Adventures of George Maitland, Esq.</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for J. Murray, 1786). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW110692393&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"Secondly, 'Tis just matter of wonder & astonishment that ever one spark of faith was kindled in such an heart as thine is; [end page 124] an heart which had no predisposition or inclination in the least to believe; yea, it was not <i>rasa tabula</i>, like clean paper, void of any impression of faith, but fil'd with contrary impressions to it; so that it's marvellous that ever your hearts received the stamp or impression of faith on them."

Flavell, John (bap. 1630, d. 1691)

Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of Scripture wherein believers are assisted in preparing their hearts, & exciting their affections and graces, when they draw nigh to God in that most awful & solemn ordinance of the Lord's Supper. By J. Flavel, Minister of Christ in Devon

1729

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"The infant mind has been compared to a tabula rasa, or sheet of clean paper: but there is this essential difference, as hath been well observed, between the opposite objects of comparison they are not both equally Indifferent to the inscription which they are to bear."

Napleton, John (1738&#47;9-1817)

Advice to a student in the university, concerning the qualifications and duties of a minister of the Gospel in the Church of England. By John Napleton

1795

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"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

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"For I will here suppose the Soul, or Mind of Man, to be at first, <i>rasa</i> <i>Tabula</i>, like fair paper, that hath no connate Character or Idea's imprinted upon it (as that Learned Theorist Mr. <i>Lock</i> hath, I suppose, fully proved) and that it is not sensible of any thing at its coming into the World, but its own Existence and Action"

Cumberland, Richard (1632-1718)

A brief disquisition of the law of nature, according to the principles and method laid down in the Reverend Dr. Cumberland's ... Latin treatise on that subject. As also his confutations of Mr. Hobbs's principles, put into another method. The second edition corrected, and somewhat enlarged. By James Tyrrell

1701

Cumberland, Richard. <u>A brief disquisition of the law of nature, according to the principles and method laid down in the Reverend Dr. Cumberland's ... Latin treatise on that subject. As also his confutations of Mr. Hobbs's principles, put into another method. The second edition corrected, and somewhat enlarged. By James Tyrrell, ...</u> London, 1701. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.

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"It is the Opinion of a late ingenious Philosopher of our own Nation [Mr. Locke], and I think mankind are generally come into the same Way of thinking, 'That the Soul of Man is at first but a <i>Tabula rasa</i>, a Kind of fair unwritten Paper, till it has receieved Impressions form without, and improved upon them by its Faculty of Reflection.'"

Bernard, Thomas (1684&#47;5-1755)

The advantages of learning. A sermon preached at Felstead-church in Essex, August 12th, 1736. On occasion of the annual meeting ... at the free-school there. By Thomas Bernard

1736

Bernard, Thomas. <u>The advantages of learning. A sermon preached at Felstead-church in Essex, August 12th, 1736. On occasion of the annual meeting ... at the free-school there. By Thomas Bernard</u>. London, 1736. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"For, Moreover, if the Mind was a mere Rasa Tabula, if it was only a Plain Piece of Paper to Write on, what Difference could there Possibly be in Fact in One Man's Understanding, and Another's?"

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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"Ere Vice the spotless Paper foul, / Imprint the Volume of the Soul / With Vertue's noble Mark!"

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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"For before the Vessel be seasoned with one kind of Liquor, it is equally capable of all, and so the Wax is indifferent to any Impression, before it is moulded and determined by a particular Seal: If the Mind be a <i>rasa Tabula</i>, as Aristotle would have it, then this White Paper may best be inriched with good Inscriptions, before it be soiled or blotted with Evil"

Hartcliffe, John (1651&#47;2-1712)

A Compleat Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues

1722

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).<br> <br> Text from <u>A Compleat Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues: Wherein Their Nature Is Fully Explained, and Their Usefulness Proved</u>. 2nd ed. corrected (London: Printed for J. Hooke, 1722).

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"Now, if such a complex being were in nature, how would that spiritual Soul act in that Body, that in its first Union with it (excepting some universal Principles) is a <i>rasa Tabula</i>, as a white Paper, without the Notices of Things written in it?"

F&eacute;nelon, Fran&ccedil;ois de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715); Anonymous

An essay, founded upon arguments natural and moral, proving the immortality of the soul. Translated from the original manuscript of the Archbishop of Cambray.

1730

F&eacute;nelon, Fran&ccedil;ois de Salignac de La Mothe. <u>An essay, founded upon arguments natural and moral, proving the immortality of the soul. Translated from the original manuscript of the Archbishop of Cambray</u>. London, 1730. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"I take the Mind or Soul of Man not to be so perfectly indifferent to receive all Impressions, as a Rasa Tabula, or white Paper."

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects

1733

7 entries in ESTC (1733, 1734, 1742, 1755, 1763, 1793, 1794).<br> <br> See <u>Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, Viz. Space, Substance, Body, Spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union With the Body, Innate Ideas, Perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the Departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals; With Some Remarks on Mr. Locke’s Essay on the Human Understanding. to Which Is Subjoined a Brief Scheme of Ontology, or the Science of Being in General With Its Affections. By I. W.</u> (London: Printed for Richard Ford at the Angel, and Richard Hett at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, 1733). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T95980">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Found in 3rd edition, searching in ECCO: Isaac Watts, <u>Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, Viz. Space, Substance, Body, Spirit</u>, 3rd edition, corrected (London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T83233">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"Others, with equal truth and justice, have likened the Minds of Children to a rasa Tabula, or white Paper, whereon we may imprint, or write what Characters we please; which will prove so lasting, as not to be effaced without injuring or destroying the Beauty of the whole."

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;

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"As little would I agree with those Philosophers <i>Constant</i> mentioned, that the Mind resembles a Leaf of white Paper."

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

Dialogues Concerning Education

1745

8 entries in ESTC (1745, 1748, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1768).<br> <br> Fordyce, David. <u>Dialogues Concerning Education</u>. 2 vols. (London: [s.n.], 1745).

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"It is a favourite maxim with Mr LOCKE, as it was with some ancient philosophers, that the human soul, previous to education, is like a piece of white paper, or tabula rasa, and this simile, harmless as it may appear, betrays our great modern into several important mistakes."

Beattie, James (1735-1803)

An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism

1770

10 entries in ESTC (1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1778).<br> <br> Beattie, James. <u>An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth; in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism</u> (Edinburgh: A Kincaid & J. Bell, 1770). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW121716299&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from corrected and enlarged second edition of 1771. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1ekYAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

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"I prove it thus: The mind has no doubt a faculty of comparing objects or ideas; but it is found invariably to judge and act from a preponderancy to that action or opinion which is the most suited to yield it satisfaction present or future: but if this preponderancy depends entirely on the organisation of the body, and the complete effect of all the combinations of ideas and sentiments which have been produced or impinged upon it from its first acquaintance with external objects, since it was a sheet of white paper, as Locke compares it to, at its first entrance into this world."

Author Unknown

The Repository or Treasury of Politics and Literature (Number CXV) [from Public Ledger. Thursday, January 30, 1770. No. 3148. Of Genius]

1770

See the <u>Public Ledger</u>, No. 3148 (Thursday, January 30, 1770). [not consulted]<br> <br> Found in <u> The Repository: or Treasury of Politics and Literature, for [...]</u> (London: Printed for J. Murray, no. 32. Fleet-street; J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; S. Bladon, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Etherington, at York, 1771), vol 1 of 2. &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW115405240&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"Again, when he uses the metaphor of white paper, &c. he marks very clearly, by the terms (as we [end page 68] say that it is not strict philosophical language, but designed as an elucidation of the subject, addressed through the medium of the senses, to the conceptions of the world in general."

Thomas, Daniel (b. 1748)

An answer, on their own principles to direct and consequential atheists

1791

Thomas, Daniel. <u>An answer, on their own principles to direct and consequential atheists</u>. London, 1791. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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"But suppose my Mind white Paper, and without being at any pains to extirpate my Opinions, or prove your own, only say what you wou'd write thereon, or what you wou'd teach me in case I were teacheable."

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher

1732

At least 9 entries in ESTC (1732, 1752, 1755, 1757, 1767).<br> <br> <u>Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, Against Those Who Are Called Free-Thinkers.</u> (Dublin: Printed for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004854093.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>Alciphron: or the Minute Philosopher</u> (London: J. Tonson, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CCIJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br>

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"The question is, how this Familiarity arises? and how the Cabinet comes to be sensible of any thing that's put into it? A Scritore knows nothing of the Papers which the careful Banker locks up in it? Or a Glass, tho' it may be said to receive the Image of a Beau, and he really sees somewhat of himself in it; yet it can hardly be said to see any thing of him. It would rather seem the Mind had some native Light of its own, which is awaken'd we know not how, and flies out, as it were, thro' the Senses to the things it apprehends or lays hold on."

Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord (1678-1762)

Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects

1734

Three entries in ESTC (1734, 1762, 1763).<br> <br> See <u>Essays Moral and Philosophical, on Several Subjects: Viz. A View of the Human Faculties.</u> (London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1734). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004870449.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;

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"The Heart must be Tabula Rasa, white Paper to his Pen, soft Wax to his Seal: Let him write upon me what he pleaseth, and make what Impressions he pleaseth upon me."

Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)

A Sermon Preach'd at the Ordination of Mr. Atkinson

1713

Matthew Henry, <u>A Sermon Preach'd at the Ordination of Mr. Atkinson, in London, Jan 7, 1712/13. By Matthew Henry, Minister of the Gospel. Together with Mr. Atkinson’s Confession of His Faith on That Occasion. And an Exhortation to Him in the Close, by Jeremiah Smith, Minister of the Gospel.</u> (London: Printed for J. Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultry; R. Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul’s Church-Yard; N. Cliff and D. Jackson at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, 1713). &lt;<a rhef="http://estc.bl.uk/T60284">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"Life's records rise on ev'ry side, / And Conscience spreads those volumes wide; / Which faithful registers were brought / By pale-ey'd Fear and busy Thought. / Those faults which artful men conceal, / Stand here engrav'd with pen of steel, / By Conscience, that impartial scribe!"

Cotton, Nathaniel, the elder (1705-1788)

Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds [3rd edition]

1752

20 entries in ESTC (1752, 1753, 1755, 1760, 1767, 1771, 1776, 1781, 1782, 1786, 1787, 1790, 1794, 1798).<br> <br> Text from <u>Various Pieces in Verse and Prose</u>, 2 vols. (London: J. Dodsley, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zXT3KLT74J4C">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text confirmed in Nathaniel Cotton, <u>Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds</u>, 3rd ed. rev. (London: R. Dodsley and M. Cooper, 1752). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313182037&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to EECO</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>Visions in Verse: For the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds. A New Edition. </u>(London: J. Dodsley, 1790). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=V6oDAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br> <br> The revised and enlarged 3rd edition adds a new, ninth vision: "Death. Vision the Last"