Date: 1739
"May all English Lads, like you, Boys, / Prove on Shore true Hearts of Gold; / To their King and Country true"
preview | full record— Phillips, Edward (b. 1708/9)
Date: 1739
" If thy Heart is not insensible as Brass, or Steel, once more, at least, let my rash Folly find a Pardon"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller James (1706-1744); Molière (1622-1673)
Date: 1739
"If thy Heart is not insensible as Brass, or Steel, once more, at least, let my rash Folly find a Pardon"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller James (1706-1744); Molière (1622-1673)
Date: 1739
"Ye hallowed Men! / In whom Vice sanctifies, whose Precepts teach / Zeal without Truth, Religion without Virtue, / Who ne'er preach Heav'n but with a downward Eye / That turns your Souls to Dross; who shouting loose / The Dogs of Hell upon us."
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1744
"In short, Sir, Gold is the true Soul of the World, and the first Mover of all Things."
preview | full record— Ralph, James (1705-1762); original author: Thomas Tomkis (f. 1604-1615)
Date: 1745
"Yes, yes Inhuman! / Since thy Barbarian Heart is steel'd by Pride, / Shut up to Love and Pity, here behold me / Cast on the Ground, a vile and abject Wretch!"
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1753
"But their Hearts were steel'd by Custom."
preview | full record— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Date: 1753
"Tis well you have a Heart of Stone, the Tale wou'd melt it else."
preview | full record— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Date: 1755
"Had not Guilt steel'd thy Heart, awakening Conscience / Wou'd flash Conviction on thee, and each Look, / Shot from these Eyes, be arm'd with Serpent-Horrors, / To turn thee into Stone!"
preview | full record— Brown, John (1715-1766)
Date: 1755
"His bold Resolves have steel'd ZAPHIRA's Breast / Against thy Love"
preview | full record— Brown, John (1715-1766)