Date: 1680
"I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard."
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1681
"[A] Woman has a sweet time on't with any Soldier Lover of 'em all, with their Iron minds and Buff hearts"
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1700
"Oh! all ye Powers that virtuous Love inspire, / Assist me now: inform my Vocal Organs / With Angel Eloquence, such as can melt / His Heart of Flint, and move his former Kindness."
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1700
"What Heart of Steel / Could ere resist such Beauty drest in Tears?"
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)