Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"How I cou'd despise thee for this Narrowness of Mind, were there not something in thy Eyes and Mien which assure me, that this negligent Behaviour is but affected; and that there are within thy Breast, some Seeds of hidden Fire, which want but the Influence of Charms, more potent perhaps than yo...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"It was plain that the Passion with which Ciamara was animated, sprung not from this last Source; she had seen the charming Count, was taken with his Beauty, and wish'd no farther than to possess his lovely Person, his Mind was the least of her Thoughts, for had she the least Ambition to reign th...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"Oh Heaven! cry'd the transported Charlotta, all you have done, or even can do of Unkindness, is by one tender Word made full amends for; see at your Feet (continued she, falling on her Knees) thus in this humble Posture, which best becomes my prostrate Soul, I beg you to accept the Pardon which ...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1720
"Poetry is called the image of the mind, / In mine my soul and body both are joined."
preview | full record— Sansom, Martha [née Fowke] (1690-1736)
Date: 1720
The eyes speak the mind's "the lover's mind"
preview | full record— Sansom, Martha [née Fowke] (1690-1736)
Date: 1720
"Large is my forehead made, not wond'rous fair, / But room enough for all the Muses there."
preview | full record— Sansom, Martha [née Fowke] (1690-1736)
Date: 1721
"Belinda, much confused, looked first on him, then on her Mother, remaining silent, seized with a Passion she had been a Stranger to till that Moment. "
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1721
"Her Mind well suited the fair Cabinet that contained it; she was humble, generous, unaffected, yet learned, wise, modest, and prudent above her Years or Sex; gay in Conversation, but by Nature thoughtful; had all the Softness of a Woman, with the Constancy and Courage of a Hero: In fine, her Sou...
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Date: 1722, 1725
"Our Passions gone, and Reason in her Throne, / Amaz'd we see the Mischiefs we have done!" [citing Waller]
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1725
The proudest of the female Sex may glory in the Conquest of a Heart
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)