Date: 1797
"Remember that the Divine Agency is promised, 'to take away the heart of stone, and give a heart of flesh,' of which it is the natural property to be tender and susceptible."
preview | full record— Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)
Date: 1798
"For scenes that frequent views of death impart, / Nerve the bold arm, and steel the manly heart"
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1798
"And, sir, it may be prudent for you to remember, that a soldier's heart is like his sword, formed of tempered steel; for while it bends with sympathizing pity to the touch of woe, it can resume its springing energy to punish arrogance, or crush oppression"
preview | full record— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)
Date: 1799
"Their eyes are water! their hearts are brass! Kisses upon their lips! daggers in their hearts!"
preview | full record— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)
Date: 1799
"E'en orcs and river-dragons felt / Their iron bosoms melt / With scorching heat"
preview | full record— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)
Date: 1799
"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."
preview | full record— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)
Date: 1799
"I fell at his feet, embrac'd his knees, and wept; conjur'd him, supplicated; the tears, the supplications of his father, never reach'd his iron heart"
preview | full record— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)
Date: 1799
"Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! "
preview | full record— Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817); Schiller (1759-1805)
Date: 1799
"I should be a miserable bungler, indeed, if I could not, after having brought the affair thus far, tear a son from the heart of a father, even though he were rivitted to it with iron bands"
preview | full record— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)