"Sometimes it is acted by the evil Spirit of general Vogue, and like a meer Possession 'tis hurry'd out of all manner of common Measures; to day it obeys the Course of things and submits to Causes and Consequences; to morrow it suffers Violence from the Storms and Vapours of Human Fancy, operated by exotick Projects, and then all runs counter, the Motions are excentrick, unnatural and unaccountable--A Sort of Lunacy in Trade attends all its Circumstances, and no Man can give a rational Account of it."
A Review of the State of the English Nation, Issue 126
<u>Review of the State of the English Nation</u>, Issue 126 (Tuesday, October 22, 1706). &lt<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/infomark.do?contentSet=LTO&docType=LTO&type=multipage&tabID=T012&prodId=BBCN&docId=Z2000102819&retrieveFormat=MULTIPAGE_DOCUMENT&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE&docPage=article&source=gale">Link to Burney Collection</a>&gt;<br>
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Modern edition cited by Greenfield: Defoe, Daniel. <u>A Review of the State of the English Nation</u>, in 22 facsimile books by A. W. Secord (New York: Columbia UP, 1938), III. no. 126, 503, facsimile book 5.