"'Love', designs on the imagination, the flattering idea of eternal happiness, in the entire and constant possession of the object we 'love'. 'Gallantry', fails not to paint there the agreeable image of a singular pleasure, in the enjoyment of the object we pursue; but, neither the one, nor, the other, copies after nature; experience shewing us, that their colours, however agreeable, are, equally, deceitful."
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;