Date: 1724, 1725
"If you were in a Condition (said she merrily) I should be half in hope it was of your Heart I had made so great a Conquest"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1728
"If Love the Virgin's Heart invade, / How, like a Moth, the simple Maid / Still plays about the Flame!"
preview | full record— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Date: 1736
"Then, Madam, reply'd Broscomin, sullenly, I shall waste no farther Time in attacking so impregnable a Fortress: this unconquerable Mind shall be left to its own liberty; and I must content myself with the means which more indulgent Heaven has given me of becoming Master of your more defenceless ...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"Ochihatou came to Assadid, and had the Boldness to declare his Pretensions to my Princess: the Gracefulness of his Person, the engaging Manner of his Address, his Wit, his Gallantry, and perhaps his Science, had so powerful an Effect, that he no sooner came, than conquer'd; her Heart that had wi...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"The Agonies she endured in the Conflict, between Virtue and Inclination, were so violent, that to behold them, would have drawn Tears from any Eyes, but those of a Rival; but I must confess my Cruelty in this Point, I loved Ochihatou, had envied her the Conquest of his Heart, and felt the extrem...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
Love and Reason may make war within one's breast
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Date: 1742
God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1743
"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1744
Beauty and the charms of a woman's conversation can make a conquest of a lover's heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1744
"[Y]our eyes, at first sight, subdued my heart; but your virtue has since made a conquest of my soul"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)