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Sir Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (c. 1650 - 1729) READ QUOTES (4) William Burkitt (Burkit), English divine (1650 - 1703) READ QUOTES (4) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English military leader (1650 - 1722) Jeremy Collier, English bishop, theologian and Jacobite (1650 - 1726) READ QUOTES (59) Francois Maximlien Misson, French descriptive writer (1650? - 1722) READ QUOTES (1) William III (William of Orange), Dutch Prince of Orange and King of England (1650 - 1702) READ QUOTES (2) Andre Dacier, French classical scholar (1651 - 1722) READ QUOTES (2) Francois de Salignac Fenelon, French theologian and author (1651 - 1715) READ QUOTES (90) Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, Italian divine (1651 - 1737) READ QUOTES (1) St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer and priest (1651 - 1719) READ QUOTES (1) Louis Ferrier, French poet (1652 - 1721) READ QUOTES (1) William Lowndes, English secretary of treasury under William III and George I (1652 - 1724) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas Otway, English dramatist and poet (1652 - 1685) READ QUOTES (37) Nahum Tate, Irish poet and dramatist (1652 - 1715) READ QUOTES (2) Vemana, Indian (Telugu) poet (c. 17th century) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas Ward, English poet (1652 - 1708) READ QUOTES (1) James Bonnell, English statesman (1653 - 1699) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas Durfee (D'Urfey), English dramatist and humorist (1653 - 1723) READ QUOTES (2) Nathaniel Lee, English dramatist (1653? - 1692) READ QUOTES (21) Roger North, English lawyer and historian (1653 - 1734) John Oldham, English satirical poet and translator (1653 - 1683) READ QUOTES (8) Johann Pachelbel, German composer (1653 - 1706) Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and marshal of France (1653 - 1734) READ QUOTES (2) John Bellers, English author (1654 - 1725) READ QUOTES (1) Johann von Besser, German poet (1654 - 1729) READ QUOTES (1) Angelo Constantini, Italian actor and dramatist (1654 - 1729) Anne L. Dacier, French critic (1654 - 1720) Thomas Fuller (2), English physician and compiler (1654 - 1734) Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (2), Scottish patriot, writer and orator (1655 - 1716) READ QUOTES (1) Jean Francois Regnard, French comedic writer (1655 - 1709) READ QUOTES (2) Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (1656 - 1723) READ QUOTES (1) Cardinal Guillaume Salluste Du Bois, French cardinal and minister of state (1656 - 1723) Bishop William Fleetwood, English divine, theologian scholar and theological writer (1656 - 1723) READ QUOTES (1) Edmund Hailey, English astronomer (1656 - 1752) John Hamilton, Lord Belhaven, Scottish statesman (1656 - 1708) READ QUOTES (1) Henry Hudson, English navigator and explorer (1656 - 1611) Nicolas de Largilliere, French painter (1656 - 1746) Mary Lee, Lady Chudleigh, English feminist writer (1656 - 1710) READ QUOTES (1) Jacob Tonson, English publisher (1656? - 1736) John Dennis, English author, critic and dramatist (1657 - 1734) READ QUOTES (2) Thomas Dilke, English dramatist (fl. 1697) Henri Francois de la Ferte, French marshal (1657 - 1703) Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle, French author (1657 - 1757) READ QUOTES (19) Francis Moore, English astrologer and almanac maker (1657 - 1715?) READ QUOTES (1) John Norris of Bemerton, English Platonist and divine (1657 - 1711) READ QUOTES (5) Matthew Tindal, English jurist and deist (1657? - 1733) READ QUOTES (1) William Wake, English ecclesiastic (1657 - 1737) READ QUOTES (3) Richard Duke, English poet and divine (1658 - 1711) Charles Mordaunt, Lord Peterborough, English general (1658 - 1735) READ QUOTES (1) Lord Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, English general (1658 - 1735) Ralph Thoresby, English antiquary and topographer (1658 - 1725) Dorothy Berry, English writer (c. 1699) READ QUOTES (1) Nicholas Brady, Irish author and divine (1659 - 1726) Thomas Creech, British translator and writer (1659 - 1700) READ QUOTES (5) John Dunton, English bookseller and satirical writer (1659 - 1733) Henry Purcell, English composer (1659 - 1695) William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (1659 - 1724) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas Baker, English dramatist (fl. 1700) George I (George Lewis), English king (1660 - 1727) Daniel Purcell, English punster and wit (c. 1660 - 1718) Thomas Southerne (Southern), Irish dramatist (1660 - 1746) READ QUOTES (14) George Stanhope, English pulpit orator and translator (1660 - 1728) READ QUOTES (1) Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist (1661 - 1725) READ QUOTES (1) Daniel Defoe, English journalist and novelist (1661? - 1671) READ QUOTES (21) CHECK READING LIST (2) Anne Finch, Countess of Winchelsea, English poet (1661 - 1720) Sir Samuel Garth, English physician and poet (1661 - 1719) READ QUOTES (11) Charles Montagu Halifax, Lord Halifax, English statesman (1661 - 1715) READ QUOTES (6) Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect (1661 - 1736) James Milner, English merchant and author (? - 1721) READ QUOTES (1) Melchior de Polignam, French cardinal, statesman and writer (1661 - 1741) READ QUOTES (1) Charles Rollin, French historian (1661 - 1741) READ QUOTES (5) Francis Attebury, English bishop (1662 - 1732) Francis Atterbury, English ecclesiastic and controversialist (1662 - 1732) READ QUOTES (29) Richard Bentley, English critic and classical scholar (1662 - 1742) READ QUOTES (16) Matthew (Mathew) Henry, English eminent divine and Bible commentator (1662 - 1714) READ QUOTES (47) Antoine Augustin Martiniere, French writer (1662 - 1749) Maximilian II Emanuel, Bavarian elector (1662 - 1726) Samuel Wesley, the Elder, English poet and divine (1662 - 1735) READ QUOTES (2) Tom Brown, English satirical and facetious poet (1663 - 1704) READ QUOTES (7) Henry Carey, English musician and poet (1663 - 1743) READ QUOTES (7) Jean Pierre de Crousaz, Swiss divine and philosopher (1663 - 1750) William King (1), English miscellaneous writer (1663 - 1712) Mrs. Manley (Mary de la Riviere), English novelist and dramatist (1663 - 1724) READ QUOTES (1) Jean Baptiste Massillon, French pulpit orator (1663 - 1742) READ QUOTES (17) Cotton Mather, American minister and religious writer (1663 - 1729) READ QUOTES (2) Peter Anthony Motteaux (Pierre Antoine), French-English dramatist and translator (1663 - 1718) James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, Scottish statesman (1663 - 1730) George Stepney, English diplomatist and poet (1663 - 1707) William Walsh, English critic and poet (1663 - 1708) Thomas Wilson (2), English clergyman, Bishop of Sodor and Man (1663 - 1755) READ QUOTES (7) Charles Hopkins, English poet (1664? - 1700?) READ QUOTES (1) Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (1664 - 1721) READ QUOTES (110) Sir John Vanbrugh (Vanburgh), English dramatist and architect (1664 - 1726) READ QUOTES (11) Lady Grisell (Grizel) Baillie, Scottish poet (1665 - 1746) Joseph Capen (1), American writer (? - 1725) Charles Gildon, English biographer, translator, author and critic (1665? - 1724) READ QUOTES (1) Elizabeth Foster Goose, American author of children's stories & rhymes (possibly "Mother Goose") (1665 - 1757) Mary Astell, English feminist and writer (c. 1666 - 1731) Dr. George Sewell, English physician and miscellaneous writer (? - 1726) READ QUOTES (9) John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and wit (1667 - 1735) READ QUOTES (8) Mrs. Susannah Centlivre, English dramatist (1667? - 1723) READ QUOTES (7) George Granville, Lord Landsdowne, English statesman and poet (1667 - 1735) READ QUOTES (15) George Lansdowne, English statesman and poet (1667 - 1735) READ QUOTES (6) Francis Lockier, English divine and essayist (1667 - 1740) READ QUOTES (2) John Pomfret, English poet (1667 - 1703) READ QUOTES (6) James Puckle, English writer (1667? - 1724) Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and man of letters (1667 - 1745) READ QUOTES (290) CHECK READING LIST (4) Edward ("Ned") Ward, English humorist and burlesque poet (1667 - 1731) Henri Francois d'Aguesseau, French jurist and chancellor (1668 - 1751) READ QUOTES (2) Herman Boerhaave, Dutch physician (1668 - 1738) READ QUOTES (3) Peiter Burmann, Dutch classical scholar (1668 - 1741) READ QUOTES (1) Christopher Codrington, British soldier and officer (1668 - 1710) READ QUOTES (1) Alain Rene Le Sage, French novelist, romancer and dramatist (1668 - 1747) READ QUOTES (11) Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher (1668 - 1744) John Toland, English deistical writer (1669 - 1722) William Congreve, English dramatic poet (1670 - 1729) READ QUOTES (67) CHECK READING LIST (1) Bernard Mandeville, English philosopher, fabulist and wit (1670? - 1733) READ QUOTES (2) Anne Vaughan, Countess of Carberry, English noblewoman (c. 1670 -) READ QUOTES (1) Colley Cibber, English poet, dramatist and actor (1671 - 1757) READ QUOTES (31) Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman and philosopher (1671 - 1713) READ QUOTES (1) John Law, Scottish financier and speculator (1671 - 1729) Thomas Yalden, English poet and divine (1671 - 1736) READ QUOTES (5) Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet and statesman (1672 - 1719) READ QUOTES (442) William Douglas of Fleugland, Scottish writer (c. 1672 - 1748) Edmund Hoyle, English writer on card games (1672 - 1769) READ QUOTES (1) Antoine Houdart de la Motte, French critic and dramatist (1672 - 1731) READ QUOTES (2) Peter I (Peter the Great), Russian czar (1672 - 1725) READ QUOTES (1) Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (1672 - 1733) READ QUOTES (1) Edmund Neale Smith, English poet and dramatist (1672 - 1710) READ QUOTES (2) Sir Richard Steele, Irish essayist, dramatist and politician (1672 - 1729) READ QUOTES (124) John Oldmixon, English historian and political writer (1673 - 1742) READ QUOTES (1) Tommaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (1674 - 1745) Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (1674 - 1707) Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French tragic poet (1674 - 1762) READ QUOTES (3) Nicholas Rowe, English dramatist, writer and poet (1674 - 1718) READ QUOTES (57) Isaac Watts, English minister (1674 - 1748) READ QUOTES (87) Samuel Clarke, English divine, philosopher and chaplain to Queen Anne (1675 - 1729) Ambrose Philips, English poet and dramatist (1675? - 1749) READ QUOTES (1) Louis de Rouvroy duc de St. Simon, French writer and diplomat (1675 - 1755) READ QUOTES (1) William C. Somerville, English poet (1675 - 1742) READ QUOTES (18) John Woolman, American Quaker, merchandiser and writer of legal documents (late 17th - early 18th century) READ QUOTES (2) CHECK READING LIST (1) Christopher Wren, Jr. (2), English biographer (1675 - 1747) Thomas Boston, Scottish divine (1676 - 1732) READ QUOTES (5) Lord Deloreine, Scottish noble (1676 - 1730) Benjamin Hoadley, English divine (1676 - 1761) READ QUOTES (1) Prince Leopold, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian commander-in-chief and field-marshal under Prince Eugene (1676 - 1747) John Philips, English poet (1676 - 1709) READ QUOTES (5) Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, British statesman (1676 - 1745) READ QUOTES (7) Gabriel Girard, French grammarian (1677 - 1748) READ QUOTES (1) John Hughes, English poet (1677 - 1720) READ QUOTES (1) Jacques Saurin, French divine (1677 - 1730) Leszczynski Stanislaus ("Stanislaus I"), Polish ruler (1677 - 1766) READ QUOTES (32) John Shute Barrington, English polemical author (1678 - 1734) READ QUOTES (1) 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, English statesman and writer (1678 - 1751) READ QUOTES (13) George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (1678 - 1707) READ QUOTES (21) Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian and diarist (1678 - 1735) READ QUOTES (1) Joseph I, Hungarian and German king and Holy Roman Emperor (1678 - 1711) Simon Ockley, English educator (1678 - 1720) Thomas Sherlock, English bishop (1678 - 1761) READ QUOTES (7) Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (1678 - 1741) William Wogan, Welsh religious writer (1678 - 1758) READ QUOTES (1) Francois Ignace Dunod de Charnage, French jurisconsult (1679 - 1752) READ QUOTES (1) Dr. Abel Evans, English divine and poet (1679 - 1737) READ QUOTES (1) Charles Johnson (1), English dramatist (1679 - 1748) READ QUOTES (1) Thomas Parnell, Irish poet (1679 - 1718) READ QUOTES (15) Joseph Trapp, English clergyman, poet, writer and pamphleteer (1679 - 1747) READ QUOTES (2) Jean Francois de Troy, French painter (1679 - 1752) John Ward, English biographer and historian (1679? - 1758) Phillipe N. Destouches, French dramatist (1680 - 1754) READ QUOTES (4) Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish clergyman (1680 - 1754) READ QUOTES (1) Richardson Packe, English author (1680 - 1728) Johann Baptist Zimmerman, Bavarian plasterer and painter (1680 - 1758) Barton Booth, English actor (1681 - 1733) READ QUOTES (1) William Aiken, English painter (1682 - 1731) Nathan Bailey, English lexicographer (? - 1742) Gilles de Caux, French poet (1682 - 1733) READ QUOTES (1) Charles XII, Swedish king (1682 - 1718) Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (1682 - 1749) Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer (1682 - 1731) Elijah Fenton, English poet (1683 - 1730) READ QUOTES (4) George II, English king (1683 - 1760) George Lavington, English bishop (1683 - 1762) David Lewis, Welsh poet (1683? - 1760) Conyers Middleton, English divine (1683 - 1750) Pierre Charles Roy, French satirist and dramatic poet (1683 - 1764) READ QUOTES (1) Edward Young, English poet and dramatist (1683 - 1765) READ QUOTES (433) Sir William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, English statesman and orator (1684 - 1764) READ QUOTES (1) Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and organist (1685 - 1750) Bishop George Berkeley, Irish prelate, metaphysical philosopher and writer (1685 - 1753) READ QUOTES (15) CHECK READING LIST (1) Jane Brereton, English poet (1685 - 1740) Joseph Burroughs, English Baptist minister (1685 - 1761) Charles Coffey, English dramatist (? - 1745) Ralph Erskine, Scottish clergyman and poet (1685 - 1752) READ QUOTES (6) John Gay, English poet and dramatist (1685 - 1732) READ QUOTES (157) George Frederic Handel, English (German-born) composer (1685 - 1759) Charles Jean Henault, French historian and dramatist (1685 - 1770) READ QUOTES (2) Aaron Hill, English poet, dramatist and essayist (1685 - 1750) READ QUOTES (31) William King (2), English satirist, Jacobite and miscellaneous writer (1685 - 1763) READ QUOTES (2) Jean Marc Nattier, French painter (1685 - 1766) Henri Richer, French poet (1685 - 1748) Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian architect and stuccoist (1685 - 1766) Cosmas Damian Asam, Bavarian architect and decorator (1686 - 1739) John Balguy, English divine and philosopher (1686 - 1748) READ QUOTES (3) Eustace Budgell, English miscellaneous writer (1686 - 1737) READ QUOTES (2) Patrick Delany, Irish divine (1686 - 1768) READ QUOTES (1) William Law, English minister and bishop (1686 - 1761) READ QUOTES (6) Allan Ramsay (1), Scottish poet (1686 - 1758) READ QUOTES (2) Andrew Michael Ramsay (Chevalier de Ramsay), Scottish author (1686 - 1743) READ QUOTES (5) Thomas Tickell, English poet and translator (1686 - 1740) READ QUOTES (14) Samuel Madden, Irish clergyman and miscellaneous writer (1687 - 1765) READ QUOTES (4) Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (1687 - 1753) Edward Smith, English compiler (fl. 1727) Henry Stebbing, English divine and author (1687 - 1763) READ QUOTES (1) Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet of Wyndham, English politician (1687 - 1740) Laurence Eusden, English poet laureate (1688 - 1730) Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Mariavux, French playwright and novelist (1688 - 1763) READ QUOTES (1) Alexander Pope, English poet and critic (1688 - 1744) READ QUOTES (835) CHECK READING LIST (3) Emanuel Swedenborg (Swedberg), Swedish naturalist, mathematician, scientist and theologian (1688 - 1772) READ QUOTES (20) Lewis Theobald, English lawyer, playwright, translator and history writer (1688 - 1744) Joseph Ames, English bibliographer and antiquarian (1689 - 1759) READ QUOTES (1) William Broome, English scholar and poet (1689 - 1745) READ QUOTES (4) Sir Michael Foster, English jurist and legal writer (1689 - 1763) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer and poet (1689 - 1762) READ QUOTES (31) Charles de Montesquieu (Charles-Louis de Secondat), French author (1689 - 1755) READ QUOTES (55) CHECK READING LIST (2) General James Edward Oglethorpe, English colonizer who founded Georgia (1689 - 1785) READ QUOTES (1) Alexis Piron, French poet, playwright and wit (1689 - 1773) READ QUOTES (1) Samuel Richardson, English novelist and printer (1689 - 1761) READ QUOTES (38) Andre-Francois Boureau Deslandes, French (1690 - 1757) READ QUOTES (1) Charles Macklin, Irish actor and dramatist (1690 - 1797) READ QUOTES (3) John Ozell, English translator (? - 1743) READ QUOTES (1) John Byrom, English writer and poet (1691 - 1763) READ QUOTES (14) John Leland, English dissenting divine (1691 - 1766) William M'Culloch, Scottish minister (1691 - 1771) READ QUOTES (1) Arthur Onslow, English statesman (1691 - 1768) Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Roman painter (1691 - 1765) Egid Quirin Asam, Bavarian architect and decorator (1692 - 1750) Sir William Browne (2), English physician (1692 - 1774) Bishop Joseph Butler, English bishop of Durham and religious writer (1692 - 1752) READ QUOTES (7) John Conybeare, English theologian (1692 - 1755) READ QUOTES (1) John Henley, English orator (1692 - 1756) Pierre Claude Nivelle de la Chaussee, French dramatist (1692 - 1754) READ QUOTES (1) Francis Peck, English antiquary (1692 - 1743) Louis Dominique Cartouche, French brigand (1693 - 1721) Eliza Haywood, English novelist and playwright (1693? - 1756) READ QUOTES (1) George Lillo, English dramatist (1693 - 1739) READ QUOTES (6) Thomas Secker, English prelate (1693 - 1768) READ QUOTES (3) Francis Tolson, English divine and dramatist (1693 - 1746) Mlle. Aisee, Circassian letter writer and daughter of Circassian chief, lived in France (1694 - 1733) Rev. James Bramston, English satirical poet (c. 1694 - 1744) READ QUOTES (3) Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, Swiss publicist (1694 - 1748) Richard Boyle Burlington, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, English statesman and art patron (1694 - 1753) 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, English courtier, statesman, wit and letter writer (1694 - 1773) READ QUOTES (135) Francis Hutcheson, the Elder, Irish philosopher and metaphysician (1694 - 1746) READ QUOTES (4) William Mountford (1), English actor and playwright (1664? - 1692) READ QUOTES (22) Francois de Peteval, French writer (fl. 1734) Francois Quesnay, French economist (1694 - 1774) John Robinson (2), American speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses (fl. 1734) Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire), French historian, dramatist, writer and poet (1694 - 1778) READ QUOTES (182) CHECK READING LIST (3) Edward Braddock, English major-general (1695 - 1755) Edward Burt, Scottish writer (? - 1755) Robert Clayton, Irish divine (1695 - 1758) Adrian de Montluc, French writer (fl. 1735) READ QUOTES (1) Marc Pierre Comte d'Argenson, French statesman and war minister (1696 - 1764) John Burton, English classical scholar (1696 - 1771) Matthew Green, English poet (1696 - 1737) READ QUOTES (7) John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth, English pamphleteer and memoir writer (1696 - 1743) Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish jurist and philosopher (1696 - 1782) READ QUOTES (39) Alfonso Maria de Liguori (saint Alphonsus Liguori}, Italian prelate (1696 - 1787) READ QUOTES (1) Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (1696 - 1765) William Oldys, English antiquary, biographer and bibliographer (1696 - 1761) READ QUOTES (1) Hermann Maurice de Saxe, Marshal Saxe, French marshal (1696 - 1750) READ QUOTES (1) Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (1696 - 1770) Robert Bolton, English dean (1697 - 1763) Madame Marie Anne du Deffand, French intellectual (1697 - 1780) READ QUOTES (10) William Hogarth, English painter and political caricaturist (1697 - 1764) READ QUOTES (1) Nicolas Charles Trublet, French clergyman and essayist (1697 - 1770) READ QUOTES (1) Vincent Bourne, English scholar and writer (1698 - 1747) READ QUOTES (1) Jean Calas, French Calvinist merchant (1698 - 1762) John Jortin, English divine and writer (1698 - 1770) READ QUOTES (5) Louis Pierre Moreau de Maupertuis, French mathematician (1698 - 1759) Metastasio (pseudonym of Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi Pietro), Italian poet (1698 - 1782) READ QUOTES (26) W.L. Reiner, painter (1698 - 1743) READ QUOTES (1) Germain-Francois Pollain de Saint-Foix, French writer (1698 - 1776) READ QUOTES (2) Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix, French writer and playwright (1698 - 1776) READ QUOTES (1) Richard Savage, English poet and "volunteer laureate" (1698? - 1743) READ QUOTES (10) Bishop William Warburton, English prelate, theologian and critic (1698 - 1779) READ QUOTES (10) Robert Blair, Scottish poet and clergyman (1699 - 1746) READ QUOTES (20) Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French painter (1699 - 1779) Marie Therese Geofforn, French art patron (1699 - 1777) Madame Marie Therese Geoffrin, French patron of literature (1699 - 1777) READ QUOTES (1) John Martyn, English botanist (1699 - 1768) Christopher Pitt, English poet and translator (1699 - 1748) READ QUOTES (2) Alexander Ross (2), Scottish poet (1699 - 1784) READ QUOTES (1) Joseph Spence, English anecdotist (1699 - 1768) READ QUOTES (1)
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