Barnaby Rich is exceedingly angry with the inventor of the custom, which, however, with a laudable zeal for the honour of his country, he attributes to an Englishman, who, it seems, had his brains beat out with a pottlepot for his ingenuity […]

eye that scorcheth all it glares upon

The analytic account of action is basically similar to the view presented by the autonomistically inclined authors discussed earlier. First, action is conceived as conscious and purposeful, in terms of a means—ends scheme.

How can I live among this gentle obsolescent breed of heroes, and not weep?