"Two Images meet, and unite to each other; these two meeting with a third, it unites to them in the same manner: and this Meeting and Union continuing for some time, at last occasions a most monstrous Aggregation, very like the Chaos of the Poet, where 'Frigida cum calidis pugnant, humentia siccis.'"
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;