Date: 1768
A beloved may "o'ercome" a lover's "yielding heart" and fix "her empire there"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: w. 1766, 1768
"And reason fixed her empire in my breast."
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1769
"I refused, saying, that, as I was resolved he should in every point be the aggressor, he should fire first; he did, and missed me, and on my soul I believe designedly; for by the changes in his countenance, I could perceive that grief, and not anger, was then the predominant passion in his mind."
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1769
One may banish from her heart a hopeless passion
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1769
"Do you think it possible, Lucy, for a Frenchwoman to love? is not vanity the ruling passion of their hearts?"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
We may blush at past follies and indiscretions "when the empire of reason begins"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
"For my part, I think no politics worth attending to but those of the little commonwealth of woman: if I can maintain my empire over hearts, I leave the men to quarrel for every thing else."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
"My voyage ought undoubtedly to be considered as an abdication: I am to all intents and purposes dead in law as a lover; and the lady has a right to consider her heart as vacant, and to proceed to a new election."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
Savages may regard "the Christian system of marriage as contrary to the laws of nature and reason"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1770
The master-passion may be concealed "but on great occasions,... It will break forth, and loudly tell the world / What fermentation often works the soul"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)