Date: 1760-1761, 1762
"The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where two armies are ready every moment to encounter; not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent; and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices."
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)
Date: 1760-1761, 1762
"Reason guides the bands of either host, nor can it subdue one passion but by the assistance of another."
preview | full record— Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?-1774)
Date: 1763, 1791
"Fancy precedes [Judgment], and conquers all the mind"
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1763, 1791
Deliberating Judgment slowly comes behind [Fancy]; / Comes to the field with blunderbuss and gun, / Like heavy Falstaff, when the work is done"
preview | full record— Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
Date: 1763
"Nor hope the Conquest of that stubborn Heart"
preview | full record— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)
Date: 1763, 1765; 1766
""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."
preview | full record— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Date: 1765 [1764]
"Jerome was heartily grieved to discover his son's inclination for that Princess; and leaving him to his rest; promised in the morning to acquaint him with important reasons for conquering his passion."
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Date: 1765 [1764]
"Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend."
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Date: Published serially, 1765-1770
"Edward could only win your Cities, but Philippa conquers Hearts"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: Published serially, 1765-1770
"O, my Fanny, he cried, my most noble, my adorable Creature! what a Combat have you fought, what a Conquest have you gained, of Grace over Nature, of Virtue against Passion!"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)