"In this last Case one Image of this sort never appears without its whole Retinue; and if a straggling one, in its progress thro' the Brain, chances to strike any of this Chain, all the others will appear, and chime to the last link. These sorts of Chains are what we call Habits; the Temper and Passions strengthen them, and they, in grateful return, strengthen the Temper and Passions."
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;