Date: December 13, 1700; 1701
"I ne'er saw any yet so fair! such Sweetness in her Look! such Modesty! if we may think the Eye the window to the Heart, she has a thousand treasur'd Virtues there."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1682, 1683, 1709
A woman's heart is a "black Mansion" in which nothing resides "But Spite, Contention, Luxury, and Pride"
preview | full record— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)
Date: 1745
"New to each hour what low delight succeeds, / What precious furniture of hearts and heads!"
preview | full record— Akenside, Mark (1720-1771)