Date: 1751
One may meet with an object that disputes the empire of one's heart with a beloved
preview | full record— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Date: 1751
A beloved may acquire "the most absolute empire over" a lover's soul
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Date: 1753
Indignation and Sorrow may be predominant passions
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Date: 1754, 1793
"Let Logic's sons, mechanic throng, / Their syllogistic war prolong, / And reason's empire boast."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1754, 1793
Griefs may "alternate o'er the bosom reign"
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Date: 1754, 1793
"Desires more warm their natal throne maintain, / Platonic passions only reach the brain."
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Date: 1754, 1762
"The two ruling passions of this parliament, were zeal for liberty, and an aversion to the church; and to both of these, nothing could appear more exceptionable, than the court of high commission, whose institution rendered it entirely arbitrary, and assigned to it the defence of the ecclesiastic...
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Date: 1755, 1836
"Should man through Nature solitary roam, / His will his sovereign, every where his home, / What force would guard him from the lion's jaw?"
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Date: 1757, 1769
"The king of men to sudden rage resign'd, / At once, the empire of his mighty mind."
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