Date: 1687
A woman may sway the Empire of one's soul
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1691
"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"
preview | full record— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)
Date: 1696
Fancy may over-rule reason
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Date: 1696
"Sir--Notwithstanding this provocation, I am calm; but were I like other Men, a Slave to Passion, shou'd not for-bear calling you Impertinent!"
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1696
"For hitherto my Soul has been enslav'd to loose Desires, to vain deluding Follies, and shadows of substantial bliss: but now I wake with joy to find my Rapture Real."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1696
"Rebellious Reason, talk no more, / Of all my Slaves, I thee abhor."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1697
Wine and Passion may be governable
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: 1697
Reason may rule at last (over wine and passion?)
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: 1697
"The Soul that awful Throne of Thought, That sacred Seat of Contemplation."
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: 1697
"When your amazing Jealousy's my Judge, the worst of Villains."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)