Date: 1798

"For scenes that frequent views of death impart, / Nerve the bold arm, and steel the manly heart"

— 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"

— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)

Date: 1799

"Their eyes are water! their hearts are brass! Kisses upon their lips! daggers in their hearts!"

— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"E'en orcs and river-dragons felt / Their iron bosoms melt / With scorching heat"

— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)

Date: 1799

"Men, Men! false, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water--your hearts are iron."

— 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"

— Craven, Keppel (1779-1851); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"Men, men! False, treacherous crocodiles! Your eyes are water, your hearts are iron! "

— 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"

— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); Schiller (1759-1805)

Date: 1799

"The heart of a physician should be in full steel and armour, like the body of a tortoise"

— Ludger, Conrad (b. 1748)

Date: 1799

"Mock as you will, I cannot, like you, steel my heart against the common feelings of humanity"

— Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817)