Date: 1710
Charms may be sufficient of themselves to gain a Conquest over any Heart that is not already ingaged
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1710
A bishop may indulge "amorous Vein" and make "as many Conquests over the Bodies of the fair Sex, as of their Souls"
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1710
London ladies are "All looking upwards, aiming with their Darts / To wound the Rich, and conquer wealthy Hearts"
preview | full record— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
Date: Saturday, March 31, 1711
"I am so unhappy, as to know that what I am fond of are Trifles, and that what I neglect is of the greatest Importance: In short, I find a Contest in my own Mind between Reason and Fashion."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Date: 1711
"While Passions in their Breasts ungovern'd rage, / Distract the Mind, and War intestine wage, / Reason divine from her high Throne descends, / Lays by her Scepter, and her Pow'r suspends."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
If "Idola from foul Figures rise, / Their roughness Shocks the Soul, and Wounds the Eyes. / And, as with Spears, which grow from bladed Corn, / Invade the Mind, and make the Senses mourn"
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (1675-1713); Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718); Quillet, Claudius (fl.1640-1656)
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1712
"After this I laid Siege to four Heiresses successively, and being a handsome young Dog in those Days, quickly made a Breach in their Hearts."
preview | full record— Budgell, Eustace (1686-1737)
Date: 1712
"See, how resistless Orators perswade, / Draw out their Forces, and the Heart invade: / Touch ev'ry Spring and Movement of the Soul, / This Appetite excite, and That controul."
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1712
"When threat'ning Tides of Rage and Anger rise, / Usurp the Throne, and Reason's Sway despise, / When in the Seats of Life this Tempest reigns, / Beats thro' the Heart, and drives along the Veins, / See, Eloquence with Force perswasive binds / The restless Waves, and charms the warring Winds: Res...
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)