Date: 1735

"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"

— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)

Date: 1736

"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"

— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

Date: 1736

Love and Reason may make war within one's breast

— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)

Date: 1737

"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art, / Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart."

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)

Date: 1737

"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"'If passion once invade the female mind, / '(Tenacious sex!) in vain would mortal art / 'Wrench the warm weapon from the bleeding heart."

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)

Date: 1737 (also 1738, 1743, reprinted 1754)

"But, if dull fogs invade the head, / That mem'ry minds not what is read."

— Green, Matthew (1696-1737)

Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741

"I could not conquer my Love; so I conquer'd a Pride."

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)