1679

Explore 4 quotes from the year 1679

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Thomas Hobbes

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Topic

Facing death Mystery of death

Speaker

Thomas Hobbes

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Last Words. 1679, Hardwick Hall, England, UK.

When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.

Nathaniel Lee

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Topic

Shadows The sun

Speaker

Oedipus

Author

Nathaniel Lee

Source

Oedipus: A Tragedy

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lee, Nathaniel and John Dryden. Oedipus: A Tragedy. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679, act 4, sc. 1.

Man differs more from man, than man from beast.

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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Topic

Nature of man Man and animals

Author

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Source

A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilmot, John. A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind. London, c. 1679.

Current Citation

Wilmot, John. "A Satire Against Reason and Mankind." Selected Poems. Oxford University Press, 2013.

Love…that cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown
To make the nauseous draught of life go down.

John Wilmot

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Topic

Love

Author

John Wilmot

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilmot, John. A Letter from Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country. London, c. 1680.

Current Citation

Wilmot, John. "A Letter from Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country." The Complete Works of John Wilmot. Penguin Classics, 1994.