Date: 1754

One may "sacrifice even her religion, if it were insisted upon, to the passion she had so long in vain endeavoured to conquer"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may endeavor to conquer her passion

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

"my conquest of my passion is at least as glorious for me, as his is for him"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may propose a tour in order to conquer a passion and establish his health

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1756, 1766

Do all married women "yield themselves intirely and universally to the government of conscience, subdue every thing to it, and conquer every adverse passion and inclination?"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

Has reason always the sovereignty, and nothing wrong to be seen?

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1759

"He then communicated the various precepts given from time to time for the conquest of passion, and displayed the happiness of those who had obtained the important victory, after which man is no longer the slave of fear, nor the fool of hope; is no more emaciated by envy, inflamed by anger, emasc...

— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

Date: 1760

"I was telling you, my dear friend (said she) for so I shall ever call you from this moment, your kindness having compleated the conquest which your beauty had before made of my heart, I was telling you, that I was going to visit a family this morning, where I promised myself the highest joy that...

— Johnstone, Charles (c.1719-c.1800)

Date: 1760-7

"[T]here is a regular succession of ideas of one sort or other, which follow each other in train just like--A train of artillery? said my uncle Toby."

— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)

Date: 1760-7

"Whether they were above my uncle Toby's reason,--or contrary to it,-- or that his brain was like wet tinder, and no spark could possibly take hold,--or that it was so full of saps, mines, blinds, curtins, and such military disqualifications to his seeing clearly into Prignitz and Scroderus's doc...

— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)