Date: 1761

"Every thing he sees, every thing he hears, catches his attention, and is stored up in his memory: he keeps a journal of the actions and conversation of men, and from every scene that presents itself, deduces something to enrich his memory."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)

Date: 1761

"For again, I say, if happiness and peace dwell not in Eloisa's mind, I know not where they will find an asylum on earth."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)

Date: 1761

"Happy in exposing your follies only to your friends, make haste, and I will wait for you here; but be sure you do not return, till you have removed that fatal veil which is woven in your brain."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)

Date: 1761

"You pleasantly asked me once, if souls were of a different sex. No, my dear, the soul is of no sex; but its affections make that distinction, and you begin to be too sensible of it."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

"He revolved the late adventure of the coach, and the declaration of Mr. Clarke, with equal eagerness and astonishment; and was seized with the most ardent desire of unravelling a mystery so interesting to the predominant passion of his heart."

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

"Mingled considerations" may produce a "ferment in the oeconomy" of the mind

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

A sacred idea may be throned within the heart and "cherished with such fervency of regard, with such reverence of affection, as the devout anchorite more unreasonably pays to those sainted reliques that constitute the object of his adoration"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

A woman may be "possessed of that vigour of mind which constitutes true fortitude, and vindicates the empire of reason"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

A woman's features may be so brightened by an occasion, that with the first glance she may make a conquest of the heart of a man

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

"[M]y guardian angel forsook me when she expired! her last injunctions are deep engraven on my heart!"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)