"Yet we must not suppose that they are continually in their Retirement; they would become useless if they were so. But on the contrary, great Numbers of them are always going to and fro; and if one of them chances to go by the Cell or Lodge of another which has the least real or imaginary conformity with it, out pops the retired Image, and immediately joins the wandering one. This never so obviously happens, as when a new Image is introduced into the Brain, who as soon as he appears, occasions great Commotions among all the old Inhabitants who either have, or think they have, any resemblance or relation to the new Comers."
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;