"These are the Exercises of the Understanding, and in these, as in a Chariot, the Soul takes the Air; while I am capable of these, I don't give myself much concern about bodily Decays, I am always at the Command of my Friends attend the Service of the House frequently, and distinguish myself in Debates, wherein a Man compasses more by Strength of his Faculties, than he can do elsewhere by Force of Arms."
Hermippus Redivivus: or, The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave
At least 7 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1744, 1748, 1749, 1760, 1771).<br>
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See Johann Heinrich Cohausen, <u>Hermippus Redivivus: or, The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave</u>, trans. John Campbell (London: J. Nourse, 1744). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW108045168&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt; &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=B24FAAAAQAAJ">Link 1748 edition in Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from 1748 printing.