Date: 1722
"And yet, whate'er I do, my Hopes are blasted. / That this fierce Combat in my Heart were over!"
preview | full record— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)
Date: 1723
"Can Kings the Empire of the Soul invade?"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723, 1740
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: February 22, 1723
"Then her physicians with the opiate charm / Of gentle sleep, her fainting senses bound, / And hush'd the warring passions into peace."
preview | full record— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Date: February 22, 1723
"I thought my heart was arm'd with adamant / Against remorse, but nature fools me now; / A faint cold shiv'ring seizeth every limb."
preview | full record— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Date: February 22, 1723
Oh!--Ten thousand rebels arm, / Grief, horror, shame, distraction!--they besiege / The poor soul, wav'ring in the fort of life, / And wishing to surrender!"
preview | full record— Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730)
Date: 1723, 1732
"From whence we may learn that to perform a meritorious Action, it is not sufficient barely to conquer a Passion, unless it likewise be done from a laudable Principle, and consequently how necessary that Clause was in the Definition of Virtue, that our Endeavours were to proceed from a ratio...
preview | full record— Mandeville, Bernard (bap. 1670, d. 1733)
Date: 1722, 1723
"For Jesus sake, remove not my Distress, / Till free Triumphant Grace shall Reposess / The Vacant Throne; from whence my Sins Depart, / And make a willing Captive of my Heart."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"Sad, for the Tragic Scene, your Hearts prepare, / Where Love kills Friendship, and awakes Despair; / Where cherish'd Mischiefs tow'r above Controul, / And warring Passions rend the tortur'd Soul!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1724
"My passions war--and thought opposing thought, / Shakes my whole frame, till I am mad with doubting."
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)