Date: 1747
"Let the Children of Italy, France, Spain, and the rest of the Popish Countries, furnish him with Blank Paper for Principles, of which free-born Britons are not capable."
preview | full record— Croxall, Samuel (1688/9-1752); Aesop
Date: 1747-8
"Lovelace, tell me, if thou canst, what sort of sign must thou hang out, wert thou obliged to give us a clear idea by it of the furniture of thy mind?"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"A man who is gross in a woman's company ought to be knocked down with a club: for, like so many musical instruments, touch but a single wire, and the dear souls are sensible all over "
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1748
"[B]ut now that I looked upon myself as a murderer, it is impossible to express the terrors of my imagination, which was incessantly haunted by the image of the deceased, and my bosom stung with the most exquisite agonies, of which I saw no end."
preview | full record— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)
Date: 1748
"[A]nd in the mean time went to dress, with an intention of visiting Mrs. Snapper and Miss, whom I had utterly neglected and indeed almost forgot, since my dear Narcissa had resumed the empire of my soul."
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Date: 1747-8
"Riches were, are, and always will be, his predominant passion."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"My predominant passion is Girl, not Gold; nor value I This, but as it helps me to That, and gives me independence."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"But let me touch upon thy predominant passion, Revenge; for Love [What can be the love of a rake?] is but second to that, as I have often told thee, tho' it has set thee into raving at me."
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Date: 1747-8
"But by the fierceness of mine, as my trembling hands seized hers, I soon made fear her predominant passion."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"How difficult does every man find it, as well as me, to forego a predominant passion? I have three passions that sway me by turns; all imperial ones. Love, Revenge, Ambition, or a desire of conquest."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)