Date: 1752

"But, in order to place this momentous Affair in a true Light, 'tis necessary to go back a little, and acquaint the Reader with what had passed in the Apartment; and also, following the Custom of the Romance and novel-Writers, in the Heart, of our Heroine"

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1752

"Recall your wandring Thoughts; reflect upon the Dishonour you will bring upon yourself, by persisting in such unjustifiable Sentiments."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1752

One may contemplate "the sudden Change" and "divine Image" which is engraven in the heart

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1752

"The Countess's Discourse had raised a Kind of Tumult in her Thoughts, which gave an Air of Perplexity to her lovely Face"

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1752

"The secret Charm in the Countenance, Voice, and Manner of the Countess, join'd to the Force of her reasoning, could not fail of making some Impression on the Mind of Arabella"

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1752

A "Thought suddenly darted into her Mind, worthy those ingenious Books which gave it Birth."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1753

"We often see that to reverse this boasted constancy is the work of but a single minute,--and then in vain their past professions recoil upon their minds;--in vain the idea of the forsaken fair haunts them in nightly visions."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

Anger and contempt may be predominant passions of the mind

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

One may make a new conquest and gain "a heart all flaming and adoration"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

"Exert then the whole force of your reason to curb the incroachments of lawless passion in your own heart"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)