“And then the image, that well-nigh erased
Over the castle-gate he did behold,
Above a door well wrought in coloured gold
Again he saw; a naked girl with wings
Enfolded in a serpent's scaly rings.”
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), The Lady of the Land
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Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Argument Against the Writs of Assistance (1761)
Alles, was ausser dem guten Lebenswandel der Mensch noch thun zu können vermeint, um Gott wohlgefällig zu werden, ist blosser Religionswahn und Afterdienst Gottes.
Book IV, Part 2, Section 2
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793)
“830. He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“One winter night when he was a boy … he first saw a ring around the moon.”
Bk. 1, Ch. 1
Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament (1981)
Context: One winter night when he was a boy … he first saw a ring around the moon. He stared up at it, immense, icy, half as wide as the night sky, and grew certain that it could only mean the End of the World. He waited thrilled in that suburban yard for the still night to break apart in apocalypse, all the while knowing in his heart that it would not: that there is nothing in this world not proper to it and that it contains no such surprises.
