Date: 1705
"[S]he must have lov'd him, though her Heart had been made of Brass"
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1710
"They whose Fire does dimly shine, / In Smoke hid from themselves remain; / Their Heat cannot their Dross refine, / Nor chase thick Vapours from their Brain"
preview | full record— Chudleigh [née Lee], Mary, Lady Chudleigh (bap. 1656, d. 1710)
Date: 1713
"The Rafters sink, and bury'd with his Coin / That Fate does with his living Thoughts combine; / For still his Heart's inclos'd within a Golden Mine."
preview | full record— Finch [née], Anne, countess of Winchilsea (1666-1720)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"Oh, Melliora! didst thou but know the thousandth Part of what this Moment I endure, the strong Convulsions of my warring Thoughts, thy Heart, steel'd as it is, and frosted round with Virtue, wou'd burst its icy Shield, and melt in Tears of Blood, to pity me."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1755
Rust may "fair endowments hide"
preview | full record— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)
Date: 1724, 1755
Wit may be refined by reason to disengage metal from the mine [of the mind]
preview | full record— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)
Date: 1733
"Th' instructive Theme is wrought with so much Art, / I'll wear the golden Precepts in my Heart."
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1733
"But if Calista's perfect Soul they knew, / They'd own their Error, and her Praise pursue. / Centred in her the brightest Graces meet, / Treasures of Knowledge and rich Mines of Wit
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1734
"Loosed from its bonds my spirit fled away, / And left behind its moving tent of clay."
preview | full record— Adam [Adams], Jean (1710-1765)
Date: 1734, 1735
"Their dire Effects the Wretched feel: / Thy Waters turn the Heart to Steel."
preview | full record— Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)