1781
SLAVERY.
O execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl,
Dominion absolute; that right we hold
By His donation; but man over men
He made not lord; such title to Himself
Reserving, human left from human—free.
—Milton.
1782
Sleep.—I never take a nap after dinner, but when I have had a bad night, and then the nap takes me.
—Sam'l Johnson.
1783
We are all equals when we are asleep.
—Spanish.