"When interest is predominant, it is sure to choak up all the avenues to the heart, which, would, otherwise be open to the cries of distress."
The Difference, Between Words, Esteemed Synonymous: in the English Language
Credited as being the first thesaurus in English. 4 entries in the ESTC (1766, 1776, 1783, 1795).<br>
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See John Trusler, <u>The Difference, Between Words, Esteemed Synonymous: in the English Language; and, the Proper Choice of them Determined: Together with, so much of AbbÃ© Girard's Treatise, on this Subject, as Would Agree, with our Mode of Expression</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1766). &lt;<a  href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004892937.0001.001">Vol. I, Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004892937.0001.002">Vol. II, Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;