1761

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Should I live for centuries, the sweet period of my youth would not be reborn, nor effaced from my memory.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic

Remembering one's youth Looking back Youth

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

Julie, or the New Heloise

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

French

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Lettres de Deux Amans, habitans d'une petite Ville au pied des Alpes [Letters from two lovers, living in a small town at the foot of the Alps]. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1761, pt. 6, letter 7.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Julie, or the New Heloise, translated by Philip Stewart and Jean Vache. Dartmouth College Press, 1997, pt. 6, letter 7.

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Genius is of no country.

Charles Churchill

The Rosciad

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Topic

Genius Talent

Author

Charles Churchill

Source

The Rosciad

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Churchill, Charles. The Rosciad. London: William Flexney, 1741.

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Taxation without representation is tyranny.

James Otis

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Topic

Taxation without representation Taxes

Speaker

James Otis

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Otis, James. Quoted in The Life of James Otis, written by William Tudor, Jr. Wells and Lilly, 1823.

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Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Oliver Goldsmith

The Citizen of the World

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Topic

Overcoming adversity Adversity

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Citizen of the World

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. "Letter VII." The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher. Dublin: George and Alex. Ewing, 1762. Originally published in The Public Ledger, Jan. 1760 - Aug. 1761.

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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Voltaire

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Topic

Nature of truth

Author

Voltaire

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. Letter to Francois-Joachim de Pierre. 23 Apr. 1761.

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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to county, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is only a vagabond.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Philosophy Philosophers Travel Wandering

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Citizen of the World

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. "Letter VII." The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher. Dublin: George and Alex. Ewing, 1762. Originally published in The Public Ledger, Jan. 1760 - Aug. 1761.