Date: 1724
"These were my Baits, these the Chains by which the Devil held me bound; and by which I was indeed, too fast held for any Reasoning that I was then Mistress of, to deliver me from."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1725
"Fair tho' she be, if she my Love disdains, / My Heart shall break the Bondage of her Chains."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1730
"Thou golden chain 'twixt God and men, / Bless'd Reason! guide my life and pen."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: November 10, 1730
"The pleasing Pain, / The gentle Chain, / That constant Hearts unite, / Such Joy bestows, / That Freedom knows / No such sincere Delight."
preview | full record— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)
Date: 1733-5
"[Love's] Pleasures have so many Pains, / And leave such Stings behind, / That I'm resolv'd to quit the Chains, / And free my captive Mind."
preview | full record— Bowden, Samuel (fl. 1733-1761)
Date: 1733
"For well you twist the secret chains that bind / With gentle force the captivated mind."
preview | full record— Lyttleton, George, 1st Baron Lyttleton (1709-1773)
Date: 1734
"Hail, holy souls, no more confin'd / To limbs and bones that clog the mind; / Ye have escap'd the snares, and left the chains behind."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Slave to thy self, whilst Lord of all beside, / Surmount thy Weakness, or renounce thy Pride."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: 1734, 1753
"Bold, in your guarded strength, your heart unbind, / And, to be safe--suppose yourself all mind."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1702 [1735, 1779, 1779-80, 1790]
"O generous Sympathy, that binds / In Chains unseen the bravest Minds!"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)