Date: 1790, 1806
"Proud may he be who nobly acts his part, / Who boasts the empire of each subject's heart."
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1808
A woman may stretch "her blameless empire o'er the heart."
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
Shakespeare, "born for British minds alone, / To them has Fancy's boundless empire shewn"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
Byron's "powerful voice, with varying tone, / Makes all the empire of the mind thine own"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
Scott may "Usurp the empire of the wilder'd mind, / And leave the forms of modern life behind"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1814
Potent rulers of opinion may rule "the empire of the willing heart"
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)