"My Friends Write to Me from America that Joseph Wright (my Son) "has Painted a Likeness and also moddel’d a Clay Bust…"

"I joyne with all My friends in the pleasing prospect that Posterity will See, and behold the Statue of the man who wa…"

"Truly hapy are You Sir, to have the greatful thanks of all Europe—with the Prayir of the Widows and the Fatherless—Yo…"

"I am Impatient to have a Copy of what he has done that I may have the honour of making a model from it in Wax Work—it…"

"I was an artist with many social connections, and – don’t tell! – I may have been a spy. I was born on Long Island, N…"

"More rich, more noble I will ever hold The Muse's laurel, than a crown of gold."

"I willingly accept Cassandra's fate, To speak the truth, although believ'd too late."

"The bloody wolf, the wolf does not pursue; The boar, though fierce, his tusk will not embrue In his own kind, Bears, …"

"We are Diana’s virgin train, Descended of no mortal strain: Our bows and arrows are our goods, Our palaces the lofty …"

"What ever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space; (Thou wilt have time enough for hymns d…"