"Now, according to my supposition, there being no active intelligent Being, who, by his Presence and Superintendency, governs and directs the Course of those vagabond Images, every thing in the Brain resembles the fortuitous concourse of Atoms."
Hibernicus's Letters, No. 76 [Dublin Weekly Journal]
At least 4 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1726, 1729, 1734).<br>
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The <u>Dublin Weekly Journal</u> ran from 3 April 1725 to 25 March 1727.<br>
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Text from James Arbuckle, <u>A Collection of Letters and Essays on Several Subjects: Lately Publish'd in the Dublin Journal. In Two Volumes</u> (London: Printed by J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Collection_of_Letters_and_Essays_on_Se.html?id=q70PAAAAQAAJ">Link to vol. 2 in Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Republished as <u>Hibernicus's Letters: or, a Philosophical Miscellany</u> (London: Printed for J. Clark, T. Hatchet, E. Symon, 1734). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3324604262&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;