Date: 1710
London ladies are "All looking upwards, aiming with their Darts / To wound the Rich, and conquer wealthy Hearts"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: 1713
"At others [other times], to be present when a battel or a storm raged, or a glittering palace rose in his imagination"
preview | full record— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)
Date: 1713
"Imperial Reason keeps her awful Throne, / Above the Tumult reigns unmov'd alone: / At her Command intestine Discords cease, / And all th' inferiour Pow'rs lie hush'd in Peace."
preview | full record— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)
Date: 1713
"Since we have made this Breach in her Heart, my Lad, there is now no fear of gaining the Citadel."
preview | full record— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Date: 1715
In death "all to the same Dungeon are confin'd" and "No Busie Thoughts invade the Labouring Mind"
preview | full record— Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)
Date: 1717
Horror may invade the mind
preview | full record— Dillon, Wentworth, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637-1685)
Date: 1717
"Against my self my rebel Passions arm; / They bound within my Breast to meet this Victor."
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1720
A woman's "Victorious Charms" may may a conquest o'er a lover's heart
preview | full record— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)
Date: 1723, 1740
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)