"As the instincts and passions were wisely and kindly given us, to subserve many purposes of our present state, let them have their proper, subaltern share of action; but let reason ever have the sovereignty, (the divine law of reason and truth) and be, as it were, sail and wind to the vessel of life."
The Life of John Buncle, Esq.
At least 4 entries in the ESTC (1756, 1763, 1766, 1770).<br>
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Text from first printing: <u>The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World; and Many Extraordinary Relations</u>, (London: Printed for J. Noon, 1756). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109147609&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xr  i:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000000000:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in Several Parts of the World, and Many Extraordinary Relations</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=578NAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;