"Now as our Feet in vain venture to walk upon the River, till the Frost bind the Current, and harden the yielding Surface; so does the SOUL in vain seek to exert its higher Powers, the Powers I mean of REASON and INTELLECT, till IMAGINATION first fix the <i>fluency</i> of SENSE, and thus provide a proper Basis for the support of its higher Energies"
Hermes or a Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar
6 entries in ESTC (1751, 1765, 1771, 1773, 1786, 1794).<br>
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Text from <u>Hermes or a Philosophical Inqviry Concerning Universal Grammar by Iames Harris Esq. The Third Edition Revised and Corrected</u>. (London: Printed for J. Nourse and P. Vailon, 1771). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T146749">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;