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Writing::Stamping::Seal

"And stamp'd with Thy good Spirit's seal, / I love Thee, Lord, with all my heart"

Wesley, John and Charles

3384. How shall I make my calling sure? [from Short Hymns on select Passages of the Holy Scriptures]

1762

Writing::Stamping::Seal

"[T]he heart's decisions" may be "stamp'd / By Nature's seal, and man's primæval laws"

Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

The English Orator [from Poems]

1792

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1792).<br> <br> See Richard Polewhele, ed. <u>Poems, Chiefly by Gentlemen of Devonshire and Cornwall.</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1792). &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%29T054275%24&sort=Author&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&version=1.0&prodId=ECCO">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Stylus

"But neither can any such tablet be found in the brain, nor any style, by which to make the characters upon it; and though some of the more simple phænomena of ideas, as their being more or less deeply impressed, their being retained a longer or or a shorter time, being capable of being revived at pleasure, &c. may be pretty well explained by the hypothesis of such a tablet, and characters upon it, it is wholly inadequate to the explanation of other, and very remarkable phænomena of ideas, especially their mutual association."

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; with Essays Relating to the Subject of It

1775

At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1776, 1790).<br> <br> See <u>Hartley’s Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; With Essays Relating to the Subject of It. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.</u> (London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1775). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141560">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Table::Table of the Heart

"'Grave [the commandments] with Thy Spirit's seal / On the tables of my heart."

Wesley, John and Charles

Psalm CXIX. Blessed are the pure in heart.

1798

First found searching in <u>The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley</u>, ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). &lt;<a href="http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007432022">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt;<br> <br> Found in Google (but only snippet view): <u>The Methodist Magazine</u> (1798), p. 311

Writing::Tablet

"According to Plato, she [the soul] is an ever-written tablet, a plenitude of forms, a vital and intellectual energy."

Taylor, Thomas (1758-1835)

The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus

1788

2 entries in ESTC (1788, 1792).<br> <br> <u>The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus; Surnamed, Plato’s Successor, on the First Book of Euclid’s Elements. And His Life by Marinus. Translated from the Greek. With a Preliminary Dissertation on the Platonic Doctrine of Ideas, &C. by Thomas Taylor.</u> (London: Printed for the author: and sold by T. Payne and Son; B. White and Son; L. Davis; J. Robson; T. Cadell; Leigh and Co. G. Nicol; R. Faulder; and T. and J. Egerton, 1788-89). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T143303">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablet

"My squire, however, will intimate how I am; while I content myself with assuring you, that I will, to all eternity, preserve engraven upon the tablets of my memory, the benevolence you this day vouchsafed unto me, that I may be grateful for the favour, as long as life shall remain."

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); Smollett, Tobias (1721-1771)

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life. By Tobias Smollett, M.D

1755

At least 21 entries in the ESTC (1755, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1786, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796)<br> <br> Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. <u>The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote</u>, trans. Tobias Smollett (New York: Random House, 2001).

Writing::Tablet

&quot;To assist the imagination, indeed, but by no means in any consistency with the notion of a nervous fluid, it had been conceived that ideas resembled characters drawn upon a tablet; and the language in which we generally speak of ideas, and their affections, is borrowed from this hypothesis."

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; with Essays Relating to the Subject of It

1775

At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1776, 1790).<br> <br> See <u>Hartley’s Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; With Essays Relating to the Subject of It. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.</u> (London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1775). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141560">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablet

"But neither can any such tablet be found in the brain, nor any style, by which to make the characters upon it; and though some of the more simple phænomena of ideas, as their being more or less deeply impressed, their being retained a longer or or a shorter time, being capable of being revived at pleasure, &c. may be pretty well explained by the hypothesis of such a tablet, and characters upon it, it is wholly inadequate to the explanation of other, and very remarkable phænomena of ideas, especially their mutual association."

Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)

Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; with Essays Relating to the Subject of It

1775

At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1775, 1776, 1790).<br> <br> See <u>Hartley’s Theory of the Human Mind, on the Principle of the Association of Ideas; With Essays Relating to the Subject of It. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.</u> (London: Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1775). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T141560">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablet

"My subject is light--let me speak of the stage; / Let the tablet of memory faithfully name / Some sons of drama who breathe but in fame, / Nay more--let me follow the delicate clue, / And give to the living the praise that is due."

Anonymous

The Mirror; a Panegyrical, Satirical, and Thespian Epistle in Rhyme

1790

Anonymous, <u>The Mirror; a Panegyrical, Satirical, and Thespian Epistle in Rhyme, from the Theatre in Crow-Street, to the Theatre in Smock-Alley</u>. (Dublin: Printed by B. Dornin, 1790).

Writing::Tablet

"Ah! hide for ever from my sight / The faithless flatterer Hope--whose pencil, gay, / Portrays some vision of delight, / Then bids the fairy tablet fade away; / While in dire contrast, to mine eyes / Thy phantoms, yet more hideous, rise, / And Memory draws, from Pleasure's wither'd flower, / Corrosives for the heart--of fatal power!"

Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Ode to Despair. From the Novel of Emmeline [from Elegiac Sonnets]

1789

Text drawn and corrected from OCR of 1789 edition in Google Books. Reading and comparing <u>The Poems of Charlotte Smith</u>, ed. Stuart Curran (New York and Oxford: OUP, 1993).<br> <br> <u>Elegiac Sonnets, By Charlotte Smith</u>, 5th edition (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1789). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=9HgCAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; <br> <br> See also <u>Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems, by Charlotte Smith</u>, 9th edition, 2 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1800). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zjUJAAAAQAAJ">Link to volume I in Google Books</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB3330914379&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to volume II in ECCO</a>&gt; — Note, Curran uses this edition as his base text for Sonnets 1 through 59.

Writing::Tablet::Iron Tablet

"Then from the iron tablet of my mind, / Will I efface my catalogue of wrongs."

Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)

Shrove Tuesday, A Satiric Rhapsody

1791

3 entries in ESTC (1791, 1794, 1795, 1800).<br> <br> See <u>Shrove Tuesday, a Satiric Rhapsody. By Anthony Pasquin, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for J. Ridgway, York-Street, St. James’s-Square, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T71353">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>Satires And Biography. By Anthony Pasquin</u> (London: Printed for Sackington & Allen [etc.], 1800).

Writing::Tablet::Tablet of the Heart

"[M]any, therefore, may violate that rule of right, which the hand of the Almighty has written upon the living tablets of the heart"

Hawkesworth, John (bap. 1720, d. 1773)

Almoran and Hamet: An Oriental Tale. In Two Volumes

1761

Writing::Tablet::Tablet of the Heart

"Yes, my child, thy happiness is engraved, in golden characters, upon the tablets of my heart! and their impression is indelible; for, should the rude and deep-searching hand of Misfortune attempt to pluck them from their repository, the fleeting fabric of life would give way, and in tearing from my vitals the nourishment by which they are supported, she would but grasp at a shadow insensible to her touch."

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::Tablet::Tablet of the Mind

A poet may "in robes of beauty to array, / And in bright Order's lucid blaze display, / The forms that Fancy, to thy wishes kind, / Stamps on the tablet of thy clearer mind"

Hayley, William (1745-1820)

An Essay on Epic Poetry

1782

4 entries in LION and ESTC (1782, 1785, 1788).<br> <br> First published as <u>An Essay on Epic Poetry; in Five Epistles to the Rev^d. M^r. Mason. With Notes</u>. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782). &lt;<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1jh3tg9w">Link to Hathi Trust</a>&gt; <br> <br> Reprinted in <u>Poems and Plays, by William Hayley, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111425349&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; <br> <br> Text from new edition of <u>Poems and Plays, by William Hayley, Esq.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1788). See also William Hayley, <u>Poems and Plays, by William Hayley, Esq.</u>, vol. 3 of 6 vols. (London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111425349&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablets

"But now proceed; / Give me more names; these many I have wrote / Deep in the vengeful tablets of my heart."

Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

The Banishment of Cicero. A Tragedy

1761

3 entries in ESTC (1761).<br> <br> <u>The Banishment of Cicero. A Tragedy. By Richard Cumberland</u> (London: Printed for J. Walter, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW114251799&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablets

"Along with these three kinds of law goes a fourth, most important of all, which is not graven on tablets of marble or brass, but on the hearts of the citizens."

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

The Social Contract: or Principles of Political Right

1762

Published in 1762. At least 8 entries in ESTC (1764, 1791, 1782, 1795).<br> <br> Jean-Jacques Rousseau, <u>The Social Contract: or Principles of Political Right</u>. Trans. G. D. H. Cole. No. 660 of Everyman's Library. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1913. &lt;<a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RouSoci.html">Link to UVa Etext Center</a>&gt;<br> <br> French text: <u>Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique</u>, in <u>Collection complète des œuvres</u>, 17 vols (Genève, 1780–1788). &lt;<a href="http://www.rousseauonline.ch/home.php">Rousseau Online</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also <u>A Treatise on the Social Compact; or The Principles of Politic Law</u> (London: Printed for T. Becket, 1764). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=aXk3AQAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Tablets

"My Son, th' Instruction that my Words impart, / Grave on the Living Tablet of thy Heart; / And all the wholesome Precepts that I give, / Observe with strictest Reverence, and live."

Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 410

1712

At least 80 entries in ESTC (1711, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1720, 1721, 1723, 1724, 1726, 1729, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1737, 1738, 1744, 1745, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1756, 1757, 1761, 1763, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1769, 1771, 1776, 1778, 1785, 1788, 1789, 1781, 1793, 1797, 1799, 1800).<br> <br> By Steele, Addison, Budgell and others, <u>The Spectator</u> (London: Printed for Sam. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little Britain; and sold by A[nn]. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane, 1711-1714). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/P1724">Link to ESTC</a>&gt; -- No. 1 (Thursday, March 1. 1711) through No. 555 (Saturday, December 6. 1712); 2nd series, No. 556 (Friday, June 18. 1714), ceased with No. 635 (20 Dec. 1714).<br> <br> Some text from <u>The Spectator</u>, 3 vols. Ed. Henry Morley (London: George Routledge, 1891). &lt;<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12030/12030-h/12030-h/12030-h.htm">Link to PGDP edition</a>&gt;<br><br> Reading in Donald Bond's edition: <u>The Spectator</u>, 5 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965). -- Notes, poem by Matthew Ward

Writing::Tabula Inscripta

"[T]ill I am satisfied that he never pulled Geese, Thumb'd a <i>Primmer</i>, Tore a <i>Bible</i>, disputed with his <i>Dad</i> about the <i>Rights</i> of Nature, or <i>Tipp'd</i> all <i>Nine</i> out of a Republican Principle, without any regard to the <i>Middle Pinn</i>, I must believe in Charity to the Doctor, that he went a <i>Tabula Inscripta</i> to the <i>University</i>, and that this was discernible even on the Reverse of him, in very plain [end page 8] and legible Characters"

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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.

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"The Soul of Man comes into this World at least as Ill-informed of the Affairs of Grace, as those of Nature. It is in all respects, a <i>Rasa tabula</i>, a meer Blank, and hath need of being fill'd with every thing"

Jurieu, Pierre (1637-1713); Fleetwood, William, Trans.

A Plain Method of Christian Devotion: Laid Down in Discourses, Meditations, and Prayers, Fitted to the Various Occasions of a Religious Life

1702

5 entries in ESTC (1692, 1702, 1715, 1724, 1730).<br> <br> See <u>A Plain Method of Christian Devotion: Laid Down in Discourses, Meditations, and Prayers, Fitted to the Various Occasions of a Religious Life. Translated and Revised from the French of Monsieur Jurieu.</u> The two and twentieth edition. (London: Printed for C. Harper at the Flower de luce over against S. Dunstans Church, in Fleetstreet, 1692). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/R26147">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Found searching in ECCO in <u>A Plain Method of Christian Devotion: Laid Down in Discourses, Meditations, and Prayers, Fitted to the Various Occasions of a Religious Life. Translated and Revised from the French of Monsieur Jurieu.</u>. The three and twentieth edition, (London: Printed for C. Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan’s Church in Fleetstreet, 1702). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T63571">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"All therefore that [Jesus] cou'd take from his Mother, must be the Weaknesses, not the Faults of Humanity, not proceeding from her like a <i>rasa tabula</i>, with no Impressions at all, but indifferent to good and evil"

Anonymous

The Athenian Oracle

1703

5 entries in ESTC (1703, 1704, 1706, 1726).<br> <br> From the second volume of <u>The Athenian Oracle: Being an Entire Collection of All the Valuable Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries</u>, 3 vols. (London: Printed for Andrew Bell, 1703-04).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

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

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

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

1704

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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"But it does hence follow, That the Soul of Man in its Original Constitution, and in the most perfect State of its nature, is not a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>, without any Notions or Ideas of Truth imprinted on it; but that it has its most natural and perfect Knowledge from within, from contemplating its own Notions and Ideas of Truth"

Sherlock, William (1639&#47;40-1707)

A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World.

1704

14 entries in ESTC (1704, 1705, 1713, 1719, 1726, 1735, 1744, 1751, 1753, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1776).<br> <br> Sherlock, William. <u>A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World</u>. (London: Printed for W. Rogers, 1704). &lt;<a rhef="http://estc.bl.uk/T79380">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Also found searching in ECCO: <u>A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World, &c.</u>, 6th ed. (London: Printed for J. Walthoe, D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Clarke, J. Hinton [and 11 others], 1760).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"Has this Old Man, who was once an admirable Scholar, no Ideas left in his mind? Is his Soul become a <i>Rasa Tabula</i> again?"

Sherlock, William (1639&#47;40-1707)

A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World.

1704

14 entries in ESTC (1704, 1705, 1713, 1719, 1726, 1735, 1744, 1751, 1753, 1760, 1761, 1764, 1776).<br> <br> Sherlock, William. <u>A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World</u>. (London: Printed for W. Rogers, 1704). &lt;<a rhef="http://estc.bl.uk/T79380">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Also found searching in ECCO: <u>A Discourse Concerning the Happiness of Good Men, and the Punishment of the Wicked, in the Next World, &c.</u>, 6th ed. (London: Printed for J. Walthoe, D. Browne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Clarke, J. Hinton [and 11 others], 1760).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

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

Darrell, William (1651-1721)

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

1704

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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"<i>The Soul of Man, before it has received any Impression on it, is compar'd to a </i>Rasa Tabula<i>, by Philosophers, that is, It is as it were, a plain capable of any Impression whatever"</i>

Coward, William (b. 1656&#47;7, d. in or before 1725)

Abramideis: or, the Faithful Patriarch.

1705

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1705).<br> <br> Coward, William. <u>Abramideis: or, the Faithful Patriarch. Exemplify'd in the Lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. An Heroic Poem.</u> (London: Printed for Abel Roper; and J. Chantry, 1705). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T86856">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"The mind of man is at first (if you will pardon the expression) like a tabula rasa, or like wax, which, while it is soft, is capable of any impression, till time has hardened it."

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind

1707

Over 40 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1711, 1713, 1720, 1721, 1728, 1730, 1731, 1735, 1736, 1741, 1742, 1747, 1751, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1761, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1784).<br> <br> See <u>Miscellanies in Prose and Verse.</u> (London: Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall, 1711). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113888723&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"Lest any understand what I have said a few Pages hence as if I wholly denied common Innate Principles, observe, That it is only actual Connate Knowledge that I deny, and in respect to which I say that the Soul is <i>rasa tabula</i>; but I confess a Natural Passive power for the knowing of them and a greater Disposition, or Aptitude in the Intellect to understand them, than Conclusions drawn from them; and so that an Infant also may have a Sanctified Intellect, by such Aptitude and Disposition"

Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)

The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, in four volumes. With a preface; giving some account of the author, and of this edition ... Together with alphabetical tables to each volume.

1707

Baxter, Richard. <u>The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, in four volumes. With a preface; giving some account of the author, and of this edition ... Together with alphabetical tables to each volume</u>. Vol. 2. London, 1707. 4 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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"The Mind of Man is allowed to be a Rasa Tabula, which in the Old Account of things, alludes to those Tablets of Wax, on which the Ancients wrote and engross'd all their Business; But in a Modern Translation, this can signify nothing else, but a fair Sheet of Paper: over which we must suppose there are Swarms and Clusters of Letters, Vowels, and Consonants, the Elements and Atoms of Literature, continually playing and hovering (for this System is like that of the Origin of the World, Man being in himself a Perfect Microcosm) and upon a certain time, when these volatile Intelligences are in the mind of it, they settle and coagulate: and by degrees form themselves into first Principles and Postulata, and so into Consequences and Corollaries, and thence gradually into Notions, Systems, and Hypotheses; And this is the Rise, Progress, and Perfection of Human Understanding, so far as that Understanding appears to the World, under the Artificial Notions of Printing and Publishing."

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"From this Account it is plain, that the Desire of Being in Print, is an Idea, if not Unnate, yet one of the first that gets into our Minds: whence all Men express a Natural Propensity and Inclination, to be Authors"

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"In the <i>First </i>place, he undertakes to say, <i>That the Doctor went a </i>Rasa Tabula<i> to the University</i>; And then adds, <i>he believed that all Human and Divine Knowledge as to be had there."</i>

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"Now Human Knowledge and Divine Knowledge, are very General and Comprehensive <i>Ideas</i>: and where these are lodged in the Mind of a Child, it is impossible that Child should be a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>; Indeed a <i>Rasa Tabula</i> of about <i>Fourteen </i>or <i>Fifteen</i> Years old, ought by all means to be sent up in all hast to the <i>University</i>, and might I make no doubt be immediately <i>Matriculated</i> at the <i>Labritory</i>, without paying any Fees."

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"What this Author says, does by no means take off from the Calumny: that he as a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>, <i>educated in the Country</i>: for tho' it be highly Reasonable that every <i>Rasa Tabula</i> should be well Educated, yet even a Country Education is not to be despised; I have known a Square <i>Rasa Tabula</i> of a Stone under the Education of a Country Cutter, speak sense enough to entitle it to a Place in a Church-yard: and therefore I see no Reason, why a Human <i>Rasa Tabula</i>, with a Country Education, should not deserve a Place in a Church and make a very good Catholick."

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus

1711

William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</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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"And here we must conceive the Mind as the chief Part of Man, a judging Substance, but free from all Anticipations and Ideas; a plain Rasa Tabula, but fit for any impressions from external Objects, and capable to make Deductions from them"

Lucretius Carus, Titus (94 B.C.- ca. 49 B.C.); Creech, Thomas (1659-1700)

T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy.

1715

Lucretius Carus, Titus. T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy. Vol. 1. London, 1715. 2 vols. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ovpWAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO">Link to ECCO</a>&lt;

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"But because this Notion of a Rasa Tabula will not agree with those, who are fond of some, I know not what, innate, speculative, and practical ideas; it will be necessary to consider the Instances they produce"

Lucretius Carus, Titus (94 B.C.- ca. 49 B.C.); Creech, Thomas (1659-1700)

T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy.

1715

Lucretius Carus, Titus. T. Lucretius Carus, of the nature of things, in six books, translated into English verse; by Tho. Creech, A.M. ... In two volumes. Explain'd and illustrated with notes and animadversions; being a compleat system of the Epicurean philosophy. Vol. 1. London, 1715. 2 vols. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ovpWAAAAYAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO">Link to ECCO</a>&lt;

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"<i>A child</i>, which is incapable of resisting grace, and is as it were a <i>rasa tabula</i> before God, affords a lively representation of that which grace is able to effect even in the heart of an old sinner."

Quesnel, Pasquier (1634-1719); Russel, Richard (1685-1756)

The New Testament, with moral reflections upon every verse, In order to make the Reading of it more profitable, and the meditation more easy. Vol. I. Part, I.

1719

<u>The New Testament, with moral reflections upon every verse, In order to make the Reading of it more profitable, and the meditation more easy</u>. Vol. I. Part, I. Vol. 1. London, 1719-25. 4 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"But Adam's Soul being put in his Body, his Brain was a Tabula rasa, as White Paper, had no Impressions in it, but such as either God put in it, or such as came to him by his Senses."

Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715)

An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England

1720

Burnet, Gilbert. <u>An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England. Written by Gilbert Late Lord Bishop of Sarum</u>. 4th edition, corrected (London: Printed for J. Walthoe, B. Tooke; J. Knapton, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, and R. Robinson, 1720).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"For as in the Body Politick, the Prince, (whom Seneca calls the Soul of the Commonwealth.) receiveth no Passages of State, or false Ones, where there is Negligence, or Disability in those subjectate Inquirers, (whom Xenophon terms the Eyes and Ears of Kings.) In like Manner the Soul of Man being as yet an absolute and independent Worker, but receiving all her Motions from the Information of the bodily Instruments, must continue like a meer <i>rasa Tabula</i>, if they out of Indisposition or Disability be weakened"

Hales, John (1584-1656)

A Discourse of the Several Dignities, and Corruptions, of Man's Nature, Since the Fall

1720

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1720).<br> <br> Hales, John. <u>A Discourse of the Several Dignities, and Corruptions, of Man's Nature, Since the Fall. Written by the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales ... Now First Publish'd from his Original Manuscript</u> (London: Printed for E. Curll, 1720). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T115320">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=CW120319995&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</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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"When this is done, the <i>Soul</i> becometh a pure <i>Tabula Rasa</i>, and is fit for the Impressions of Celestial Virtue."

Marana, Giovanni Paolo (1642-1693); Anonymous [William Bradshaw (fl. 1700) or Robert Midgley (1655?-1723)?]

The Turkish Spy [from volume 7]

1723

Based on a 30-letter Italian original, <u>L'esploratore turco</u> (1684), by Giovannia Paolo Marana (1642-1693), <u>L'espion turc</u> was published in French in 1684; <u>The Turkish Spy</u>, in English in 1687. Multiple entries in the ESTC. Sixth edition in 1694, 19th edition in 1718, 25th in 1753. After the success of the first volume, the work was expanded to 632 letters and published in eight volumes, attributed to various authors in 1696-97. <br> <br> Text from <u>The Eight Volumes of Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy, Who Liv'd Five and Forty Years Undiscover'd at Paris: ... Written Originally in Arabick, Translated Into Italian, from Thence Into English.</u> 9th ed. vol. 7 of 8. (London: Printed for G. Strahan, W. Mears, S. Ballard, F. Clay, J. Hooke, B. Motte, R. Williamson, and the executors of H. Rhodes, 1730).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"As to the understanding, [Epicurus] believ'd, That <i>at first it had no ideas</i>; <i>that it was a kind of </i>tabula rasa<i>; and that, when the organs of the body are form'd</i>, <i>its knowledge of things increases gradually by the mediation of the senses."</i>

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

The lives and most remarkable maxims of the antient philosophers.

1726

F&eacute;nelon, Fran&ccedil;ois de Salignac de La Mothe-. <u>The lives and most remarkable maxims of the antient philosophers</u>. London, 1726. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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

Greene, Robert (c. 1678-1730)

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

1727

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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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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If "the Ground-work of all was nothing else that a Rasa Tabula and the Pencils Employed to Embellish it, were no other than our Senses, which are the same in most, and the Paintings and Portraitures made upon it, the [end page 602] Constant and Unvaried Objects of Nature, and Ideot, according to such an Account of the Mind, may be as Wise, as a Philosopher, and a Brute as Knowing, as a Man; There is one Rasa Tabula belongs to them all, the same senses to Inscribe the Various Characters of External Nature upon it, and it is not to be Doubted, but they have Reflection."

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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"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

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"But be our Minds Rasae Tabulae, or not, it will be the part of Wise Men to inculcate and Impress upon them, when they are Young and Tender, the most Noble Sentiments, of which they are Capable."

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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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

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"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

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"All which Ideas of Reflection, do as fully Evince the Mind not to be a Rasa Tabula, as it is Suppos'd the Ideas of Sensation do Prove it is one."

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::Tabula Rasa

"It is Plain it cannot so much Subsist in the Mind, if the Mind was no more than a Rasa Tabula; Because then there would be Ideas Impressed upon it, of which it would be Passive, without any Power of Reviving them; They would be Imprinted upon it, and there Continue, or else by Degrees Wear off and Die, and so there would be an End of them, and this whole Chimerical Systeme of them."

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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"For it's whole Systeme Aims at this, to make the Furniture of every Person's Mind Alike, their Reason and Faculties the same, and which Garniture, after it has made it a Rasa Tabula, must be of it's own Supplying; 'Tis an Empty Room, without any Thing to Set if off or Adorn it, till this Philosophy has taken Care to put into it, what Ideas and Faculties it Thinks Proper for it's Ornament and Embellishing."

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::Tabula Rasa

"For it's whole Systeme Aims at this, to make the Furniture of every Person's Mind Alike, their Reason and Faculties the same, and which Garniture, after it has made it a Rasa Tabula, must be of it's own Supplying; 'Tis an Empty Room, without any Thing to Set if off or Adorn it, till this Philosophy has taken Care to put into it, what Ideas and Faculties it Thinks Proper for it's Ornament and Embellishing."

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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"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

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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

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"At our Birth the Imagination is intirely a <i>Tabula Rasa</i> or perfect <i>Blank</i>, without any other Materials either for a <i>Simple View</i> or any <i>Other</i> Operation of the Intellect"

Browne, Peter (d. 1735)

The Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding

1728

3 entries in ESTC (1728, 1729, 1736).<br> <br> Peter Browne, <u>The Procedure, Extent, and Limits of Human Understanding</u> (London: Printed for William Inny, 1728). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T130658">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://archive.org/details/procedureextentl00browuoft">Link to Internet Archive</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"I obliterated all former Notions received from Education, Discourse, or Reading, in Relation to Actions or Characters of any Persons or Parties; and turned my Mind into a <em>Rasa Tabula</em>, that the Impressions I should receive from this more accurate Examination I was going to begin, might not be confounded with others taken in upon weaker Grounds."

Baker, Richard, Sir (c. 1568-1645)

A chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans government, to the death of King James the first. By Sir Richard Baker, Knt. With a continuation to the year 1660. By E. Phillips. Whereto is added in this edition, a second continuation

1730

Baker, Richard, Sir. <u>A chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans government, to the death of King James the first. By Sir Richard Baker, Knt. With a continuation to the year 1660. By E. Phillips. Whereto is added in this edition, a second continuation, ... By an impartial hand</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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"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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"And first of all, that the Soul is not a meer Rasa Tabula, a naked and Passive Thing, which has no innate Furniture or Activity its own, nor any thing at all in it, but what was impressed on it from without."

Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688)

A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality

1731

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

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"The Mind is a meer <i>tabula rasa</i>, originally without any Impression, Stamp or Character whatsoever, (unless we'll suppose it the same with Brutes) but <i>capable</i> of any, and most apt to receive the first that offers, till external Objects furnish it with distinct Ideas, and from thence collect materials for it to work upon."

Anonymous

The Religion of Nature Consider'd

1731

<u>The Religion of Nature Consider'd: to Which Is Added, a Postscript; Containing Reflections on Mr. Chubb's Discourse Concerning Reason, &C. So Far As It Respects This Subject.</u> (London: Printed for J. Batley and J. Pote, Eaton [sic], 1731).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"It is a kind of annihilation to have our minds made a <i>tabula rasa</i>, and to date our existence from a new period."

Jortin, John (1698-1770)

Miscellaneous observations upon authors, ancient and modern

1731

Jortin, John. <u>Miscellaneous observations upon authors, ancient and modern</u>. Vol. 1. London, 1731-32. 2 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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"Thus, being by many Meditations of him (those Epistles written to him in his <i>rasa Tabula</i>, his Soul; than which nothing was more [end page 57] frequent; as appears by this Sentence, written not many Years since-- 'Nullus fuit Dies per hos multos Annos, in quo semel de Morte mea cogitavi') come to very familar Knowledge of him."

Peck, Francis (1692-1743)

Desiderata curiosa: or, a collection of divers scarce and curious pieces (relating chiefly to matters of English history) in six books ... By Francis Peck

1732

Peck, Francis. <u>Desiderata curiosa: or, a collection of divers scarce and curious pieces (relating chiefly to matters of English history) in six books ... By Francis Peck</u>.Vol. 2. London, 1732-35. 2 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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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"We must examine every thing, as if we were a <i>tabula rasa."</i>

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); Anonymous

A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical

1736

4 entries in ESTC (1734, 1738).<br> <br> Vol 1 printed in 1734, vols. 2-3 in 1735, vol. 4 in 1736, vol.5 in 1737, vols. 6-7 in 1738, vols. 8-9 in 1739, vol.10 in 1741.<br> <br> See Volume 1: <u>A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical: In Which a New and Accurate Translation of That of the Celebrated Mr. Bayle, With the Corrections and Observations Printed in the Late Edition at Paris, Is Included; and Interspersed With Several Thousand Lives Never Before Published. The Whole Containing the History of the Most Illustrious Persons of All Ages and Nations, Particularly Those of Great Britain and Ireland, Distinguished by Their Rank, Actions, Learning and Other Accomplishments. With Reflections on Such Passages of Mr. Bayle, As Seem to Favour Scepticism and the Manichee System. By the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard; the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch; Mr. John Lockman; and Other Hands. And the Articles Relating to Oriental History by George Sale, Gent.</u> (London: Printed by James Bettenham, for G. Strahan, J. Clarke, T. Hatchet in Cornhill; J. Gray in the Poultry; J. Batley in Pater-Noster-Row; T. Worrall, J. Shuckburgh in Fleetstreet; J. Wilcox, A. Millar, C. Corbet in the Strand; T. Osborne in Grays-Inn; J. Brindley in New Bond-Street; and C. Ward and R. Chandler at the Ship between the Temple Gates in Fleetstreet, and sold at their shop in Scarborough, 1734). &lt;<a rhef="http://estc.bl.uk/T143096">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> Text from <u>The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr Peter Bayle.</u>, 2nd ed. vol. 4 of 5 (London: Printed for D. Midwinter, J. Brotherton; A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Hazard, 1734-38 [1736]). &lt;<a rhef="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW125539858&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;

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"YET I would not say with some, that the Soul is a meer <i>Rasa Tabula</i>; because I do not think that is a proper Metaphor in this Case."

Hancock, John (fl. 1739)

Arguments to prove the Being of GOD [from A defence of natural and revealed religion: being a collection of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; (from the year 1691 to the year 1732.) ... In three volumes]

1739

<u>A defence of natural and revealed religion: being a collection of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; (from the year 1691 to the year 1732.) ... In three volumes</u>. Vol. 2. London, 1739. 3 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO<BR>

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"Some have said that the human Mind contained within it the Seeds of all Sciences; the Mind is indeed a Soil in which any of these Seeds may be sown, but it must be cultivated; and without an Husbandman it will continue a mere <i>Tabula rasa,</i> except what the Instincts write on it, without a possibility of astronomical, geographical or other learned Observations."

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::Tabula Rasa

"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::Tabula Rasa

"If the Mind be as it were a <i>rasa tabula</i> in respect of the one, the same Reasons make it extremely probable that she must be so in respect of the other likewise"

Anonymous

An Introduction Towards an Essay on the Origin of the Passions

1741

<u>An Introduction Towards an Essay on the Origin of the Passions; in Which Is ... Shewn How They Are All Acquir'd, and That They Are No Other Than Association of Ideas of Our Own Making, or What We Learn of Others.</u> (London: Printed for R. Dodsley; and sold by T. Cooper, 1741).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"In this, therefore, I am forced to differ from that great Philosopher and Master of Reason, Mr. <i>Locke</i>, who denies and argues against all innate Ideas in general, and of every Kind: He supposes the Soul originally to be as a <i>rasa Tabula</i>, or Blank without any Impression, or distinguishing Character at all, which would be either nothing, or nothing that we can conceive or form any Notion or Idea of."

Morgan, Thomas (d. 1743)

Physico-theology: or, a philosophico-moral disquisition concerning human nature, free agency, moral government, and divine providence. By T. Morgan, M.D.

1741

Morgan, Thomas. <u>Physico-theology: or, a philosophico-moral disquisition concerning human nature, free agency, moral government, and divine providence. By T. Morgan, M.D</u>. London, 1741. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

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

Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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

1733

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

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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::Tabula Rasa

"<i>Je ne suis nullement pour la tabula rasa de</i> Aristote, <i>& il y a quelque chose de solide dans ce que</i> Platon <i>appelloit le </i>reminiscence."

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)

R&eacute;flexions de Mr. L-- ur l'Essai de l'Entendement Humain de Monsieur LOCKE [from Familiar Letters Between Mr. John Locke, and Several of His Friends.]

1708

3 entries in ESTC for uniform title <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke and Several of His Friends</u> (1708, 1737, 1742).<br> <br> Text from <u>Familiar Letters Between Mr. John Locke, and Several of His Friends. In Which Are Explain'd, His Notions in His Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and in Some of His Other Works</u>, 4th ed. (London: Printed for F. Noble; T. Wright; and J. Duncan, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T130566">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=-004AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;. ESTC note: "A reissue of the 1737 Bettesworth and Hitch edition, with the addition of the 'life', and a cancel titlepage."<br> <br> See also <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke, and Several of His Friends.</u> (London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row, 1708). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T117287">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=gzIVAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"The human mind cannot continue long quite a <i>tabula rasa</i>; some images must of course be gaining upon its affections, and consequently, forming some propensities or habits."

Turnbull, George (1698-1748)

Observations upon liberal education, in all its branches: ... designed for the assistance of young gentlemen, ... In three parts. By George Turnbul

1742

Turnbull, George. <u>Observations upon liberal education, in all its branches: ... designed for the assistance of young gentlemen, ... In three parts. By George Turnbull</u>. 1742. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"That philosopher [Aristotle] held that the mind of man was a tabula rasa, and that there were no innate ideas."

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

Siris:A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries

1744

At least 9 entries in the ESTC (1744, 1747).<br> <br> First published in Dublin in 1744. See <u>A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar-Water</u> (London: C. Hitch and C. Davis, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T9088">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=tf2G6mJxGXkC">Link to 2nd edition in Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And notwithstanding the tabula rasa of Aristotle, yet some of his followers have undertaken to make him speak Plato's sense."

Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

Siris:A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries

1744

At least 9 entries in the ESTC (1744, 1747).<br> <br> First published in Dublin in 1744. See <u>A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar-Water</u> (London: C. Hitch and C. Davis, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T9088">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=tf2G6mJxGXkC">Link to 2nd edition in Google Books</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And, as the Mind cannot long continue a <i>Tabula rasa</i>, a meer Blank, but some Images will be impress'd upon it, we ought therefore to form good Habits and Propensities to Virtue."

Anonymous

The Common Errors in the Education of Children, and Their Consequences

1744

<u>The common errors in the education of children, and their consequences</u>. London, 1744. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"A mere existence or being is an indifferent thing, ('tis a <i>Rasa Tabula</i>) that may be coloured over with sin or holiness: and accordingly it receives its value from these; as a picture is esteemed not from the materials upon which it is drawn, but from the draught itself."

South, Robert (1634-1716)

Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions

1744

Found searching in ECCO: see <u>Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. By Robert South, D. D. Late Prebendary of Westminster, and Canon of Christ-Church, Oxon. Now First Printed from the Author’s Manuscripts. With the Chief Heads of the Sermons Prefix’d to Each Volume: and a General Index of the Principal Matters.</u> (London: Printed for Charles Bathurst, opposite St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet-Street, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T139553">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

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"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::Tabula Rasa

"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::Tabula Rasa

"Our LORD uses both Methods at once, in order to fit his Disciples for their Duty, to open their Eyes, to extend their Views, to extirpate Prejudices, to make every Man's Mind a <i>rasa Tabula</i>, or as his own Phrase is, <i>to make plain the Ways of the </i>LORD."

Anonymous; [Lyttleton]

A discourse on Providence: being an essay to prove that this doctrine, as it is delivered in the Gospel, is a demonstration of the divine original of the Christian dispensation

1748

A discourse on Providence: being an essay to prove that this doctrine, as it is delivered in the Gospel, is a demonstration of the divine original of the Christian dispensation. The third edition London, 1748. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

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The "Author of our Being, when he breathers into us the Breath of Life, and speaks us into Existence, leaves our Minds a pure <i>Tabula rasa</i> capable of any Impression, and free from all innate Prepossessions in favour of Vice or vicious Habits, but more susceptible from its own nature of virtuous and social Affections"

Anonymous

An Earnest Appeal to Passionate People

1748

2 entries in ESTC (1748).<br> <br> <u>An Earnest Appeal to Passionate People: Wherein the Rise, Progress, and Consequences of That Unhappy Disposition of Mind Are Fully Displayed; ... to Which Is Added, an Essay on Envy, Malice, and Detraction</u>, 2nd edition (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1748).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And how much more consistent is it with our Notions of a just God, and our boasted Freedom of Will, to supposed the Soul, <i>when finished</i> by its Creator, to be a pure <i>tabula rasa</i>, endued with only one extensive Faculty capable of guiding it through the dark Labyrinth of Life, then composed of many jarring Passions and Affections, which serve either to confound it in its Elections, or lead it mechanically to some End diametrically opposite to its Happiness?"

Loredano, Giovanni Francesco (1607-1661)

The life of Adam. Translated from Gio Francisco Loridano. To which is subjoyn'd, An essay towards an analysis of the human mind. ... By Richard Murray

1748

Loredano, Giovanni Francesco. <u>The life of Adam. Translated from Gio Francisco Loridano. To which is subjoyn'd, An essay towards an analysis of the human mind. ... By Richard Murray</u>. London, 1748. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And he labours hard to prove that these Ideas are not innate, but would have our Souls like a Blank Paper, a Rasa Tabula, ready to receive Ideas, but void of all; And affirms that these Ideas are the Foundation of all our Knowledge; and that they are conveyed to the Mind by external Objects."

Anonymous [A Gentleman Late of the Temple, George Osborn]

The Mitre and Crown; or, Great Britain's True Interest

1748

<u>The Mitre and Crown; or, Great Britain's True Interest. in Which Our Constitution in Church and State Will Be Explain'd and Defended, and a Short Account of Most Valuable Books Given, With Some Original Pieces, and Law-Cases. and Also an Abstract of What Is Material in the Several Publick Papers, With the Usual Common News. and an Account of Births, Marriages, Preferments, Deaths, &c. to Be Be Publish'd at the Middle and End of Each Month. by a Gentleman Late of the Temple.</u> 2 vols. (London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J[ohn]. Fuller in Ave-Maria Lane, and by all the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1748). vol. 1 of 2.

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"The soul of man is originally a pure <i>tabula rasa</i>, capable of any impression either good or evil, and receives its bent from habits and education."

Anonymous [Old Sportsman]

The Humours of Fleet-Street: And the Strand

1749

Old Sportsman. <u>The Humours of Fleet-Street: And the Strand; Being the Lives and Adventures of the Most Noted Ladies of Pleasure; ... By an Old Sportsman.</u> (London: Printed for Anthony Wright; and sold at all the booksellers and pamphlet-shops, 1749).

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"The Soul is a <i>Tabula rasa</i>, and gets all it knows thro' the Body; so there is no <i>Law</i> implanted in the Soul."

Bate, Julius (1711-1771)

The Use and Intent of Prophecy, and History of the Fall

1750

At least 2 entries in ESTC (1750, 1758).<br> <br> See <u>The Use and Intent of Prophecy, and History of the Fall; Cleared from the Objections in Dr. C. Middleton's Examination of the Lord Bishop of London's Discourses Concerning Them. With Some Cursory Animadversions on a Letter, &c. To Dr. Waterland in 1731. In Which Is Shewn I. That the Use of Prophecy, As It Was Taught and Practised by Christ and His Apostles, Was Drawn from the Law and Prophets, As One Continued Chain of Predictions: That the Law Began With Adam; That the Flaming Sword Turning Every Way Was the Ninbus and Chariot of the Cherubim, an Exhibition of the Powers in This System, With Christ Upon a Throne Above It; and That Sacrifice Was a Standing Prophecy, and Consequently That His Lordship’s Chain of Prophecie, Is a Golden One, That Reached from Eden to Christ. II. That the Account of the Fall Is True History, and Not Apologue. III. That Dr. Middleton Is Not Acquainted With the State of the Evidence for Christianity, and Has Been Speaking Evil of Those Things Which He Knows Not. By Julius Bate, A.M.</u> (London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1750). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T89328">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"These divine foundations can never be shaken; all the good that is imprinted upon this <i>rasa tabula</i> can never be effaced; this holy favour with which a new vessel is imbued, will last a long time."

Du Bosc, Jacques (d. 1660)

The Accomplish'd Woman

1753

3 entries in ESTC (1656, 1671, 1753).<br> <br> Jacques Du Bosc, <u>The Accomplish'd Woman. Written in French by M. Du Boscq,</u>, 2 vols. Translated by a Gentleman of Cambridge (London: Printed by and for J. Watts; and Sold by Him at the Printing-Office. And by B. Dod, 1753). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T127505">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br> <br> See also Walter Montagu's seventeenth-century translation: <u>The Accomplish'd Woman Written Originally in French; Since Made English by the Honourable Walter Montague, Esq. (London: Printed for Gabriel Bedell and Tho. Collins, 1656). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36720.0001.001">Link to EEBO-TCP</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And so Dr. Edwards remarks of Socinus, that Adam, according to Him, had only the Faculty of Understanding, but none of the Accomplishments of it: His Mind being a pure rasa tabula, capable indeed of any Impressions, but having no Characters of Wisdom engraven upon it, by the Finger of God, when he first drop'd out of his Hands."

Holloway, Benjamin (1690&#47;1-1759)

The prim&aelig;vity and preeminence of the sacred Hebrew, above all other languages, vindicated from the repeated attempts of the Reverend Dr. Hunt to level it with the Arabic, and other oriental dialects; in a letter to a friend. With a word in the preface to Dr. Shuckford. By Benjamin Holloway, LL.B.

1754

Holloway, Benjamin.<u> The prim&aelig;vity and preeminence of the sacred Hebrew, above all other languages, vindicated from the repeated attempts of the Reverend Dr. Hunt to level it with the Arabic, and other oriental dialects; in a letter to a friend. With a word in the preface to Dr. Shuckford. By Benjamin Holloway, LL.B. Oxford</u>. 1754. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO<BR>

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"[...] a Storehouse, as it were, with Bags, Shelves, and Drawers, to lodge Ideas in, and, at the same Time, to compare these Impressions, such as a Seal makes upon Wax, (when Impressions are worn out, how are they to be renewed without a fresh Application of the Seal?) Footsteps, Traces, &c. and the Mind at first to a <i>Tabula rasa</i>!"

Richardson, J. of Newent (fl. 1755)

Thoughts upon thinking, or, a new theory of the human mind; wherein a physical rationale of the formation of our ideas, ... is attempted upon principles entirely new. By J. Richardson.

1755

Richardson, J., of Newent. <u>Thoughts upon thinking, or, a new theory of the human mind; wherein a physical rationale of the formation of our ideas, ... is attempted upon principles entirely new. By J. Richardson</u>. London, 1755. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"[...] a Storehouse, as it were, with Bags, Shelves, and Drawers, to lodge Ideas in, and, at the same Time, to compare these Impressions, such as a Seal makes upon Wax, (when Impressions are worn out, how are they to be renewed without a fresh Application of the Seal?) Footsteps, Traces, &c. and the Mind at first to a <i>Tabula rasa</i>!"

Richardson, J. of Newent (fl. 1755)

Thoughts upon thinking, or, a new theory of the human mind; wherein a physical rationale of the formation of our ideas, ... is attempted upon principles entirely new. By J. Richardson.

1755

Richardson, J., of Newent. <u>Thoughts upon thinking, or, a new theory of the human mind; wherein a physical rationale of the formation of our ideas, ... is attempted upon principles entirely new. By J. Richardson</u>. London, 1755. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"Now if the human understanding be, essentially and originally, a <i>tabula rasa</i>, susceptible of impression from the occurrence of every casual object, then the ideas it receives thereby will be the fountain, and, as it were, the materials of all its future proficiencies; and the number and excellence of these will constantly keep pace with the number and order, perspicuity and facility of those."

Sharp, William, Vicar of Long Burton

A Dissertation Upon Genius

1755

Only 1 entry in ESTC (1755).<br> <br> See <u>A Dissertation Upon Genius: or, an Attempt to Shew, That the Several Instances of Distinction, and Degrees of Superiority in the Human Genius Are Not, Fundamentally, the Result of Nature, but the Effect of Acquisition. By William Sharpe</u>. (London: Printed for C. Bathurst, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N9787">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"For it was Aristotle's opinion, who compared the soul to a 'rasa tabula', that human sensations and reflections were passions: These therefore are what he finely calls, the 'passive intelligent'; which, he says, shall cease, or is corruptible."

Warburton, William (1698-1779)

The Divine Legation of Moses

1741

7 entries in ESTC (1738, 1742, 1765, 1766). 1st edition 1738-1741; 2nd edition 1738-1742; 3rd edition ("in nine books") in 1742; 4th edition in 1755.<br> <br> See <u>The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Reward and Punishment in the Jewish Dispensation. In Six Books. By William Warburton</u> (London: Printed for Fletcher Gyles, 1738-41). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T133104">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PEEVAAAAQAA">Link to Vol. 1 in Google Books</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Xd5VAAAAYAAJ">Link to Vol. 2</a>&gt;<br> <br> Some text from <u>The Divine Legation of Moses. In Nine Books. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. By W. Warburton</u> (London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T127851">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"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::Tabula Rasa

"This heart is become a mere <i>rasa tabula</i>; you must help it to the [GREEK CHARACTERS], <i>you must lay in it the foundation of natural religion, (</i>i.e<i>. "the dictates of common sense</i>, for natural religion, according to Mr. <i>H. is nothing else,</i>) if you would raise the superstructure of revealed.""

Patten, Thomas (1714-1790)

St. Peter's Christian apology as set forth in a sermon on I Pet. III. 15, 16. lately published at the request of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and other heads of houses, by Thomas Patten ... farther illustrated, and maintained against the misrepresentations and objections of the Rev. Mr. Ralph Heathcote ... By the author of the sermon.

1756

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"Did I wait upon Bishop <i>Gibson</i> to acquaint him that I was a <i>Free-thinker</i>, that my mind was a <i>tabula rasa</i>!"

Bower, Archibald (1686-1766)

Mr. Bower's answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, intituled, Six letters from A------d B----r to Father Sheldon, Provincial of the Jesuits in England, &c. Part I.

1757

BBower, Archibald. <u>Mr. Bower's answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, intituled, Six letters from A------d B----r to Father Sheldon, Provincial of the Jesuits in England, &c. Part I</u>. London, 1757. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"And whatever any talk of (the rasa tabula,) an indifferency by nature, to virtue or vice: never could I find any such thing; but all men inclined the wrong way: and abundance of work, by discipline, and the grace of God, to make any one better than the rest."

Jenks, Benjamin (bap. 1648, d. 1724)

Meditations, with Short Prayers Annexed

1757

Jenks, Benjamin. <u>Meditations, with short prayers annexed</u>. The second edition Vol. 1. London, 1757. 2 vols. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"A man this emptied and vacuated of self-conceit, these lines of natural pride, being blotted out, the soul is as a Tabula rasa, an unwritten table, to receive any impression of the law of God, that he pleases to put on it; and then his words are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge, Prov. viii. 9. then i say it is not difficult to understand, and to prove what is the good and acceptable will of God, Rom. xii. 2. Eph. v. 10. ----17."

Binning, Hugh (1627-1653)

Several sermons upon the most important subjects of practical religion. By ... Hugh Binning, ... Carefully copied and revised from his own manuscript, never before printed. To which is subjoined, An essay upon Christian love: ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of the author.

1760

Binning, Hugh. <u>Several sermons upon the most important subjects of practical religion. By ... Hugh Binning, ... Carefully copied and revised from his own manuscript, never before printed. To which is subjoined, An essay upon Christian love: ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of the author. </u>Glasgow, 1760. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO

Writing::Tabula Rasa

"SUCH was her external Form, and though her Mind might, with the utmost Propriety, be said to resemble a mere <i>Tabula rasa</i>, yet was it, at the same time, of so naturally delicate a Texture, that it would retain the smallest Impression made on it by the Hands of Wisdom."

Anonymous

Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs. Woffington

1760

<u>Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs. Woffington, Interspersed With Several Theatrical Anecdotes; the Amours of Many Persons of the First Rank</u>, 2nd edition (London: J. Swan, 1760).