Date: 1723
"Look on the Boy, / And let his manly Face, which promiseth / Successful Fortune, steel thy melting Heart / To hold thy own, and leave thine own with him."
preview | full record— Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758)
Date: 1724
"Revenge, remorse, and love divide my soul, / Like three wild streams that rush against each other!"
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Date: Friday, July 10, 1724.
"Passion's wild Influence ebb'd, and flow'd, my Mind; / As Seas drive diff'rent, with the changing Wind."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: Monday, August 24. 1724
"Hence, that exquisite Expansion! That Liquefaction, of the Heart!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: Monday, August 24. 1724
"Vast Sea of Ecstacy, that drowns the Mind! / That fierce Transfusion of exchanging Hearts! / That gliding Glimpse of Heav'n, in pulsive Starts? / That veiny Rush! That warm, tumultuous, Roll! / That Fire that kindles Bodies into Soul!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1724
"So possible is it for us to roll ourselves up in Wickedness, till we grow invulnerable by Conscience; and that Centinel once doz'd, sleeps fast, not to be awaken'd while the Tide of Pleasure continues to flow, or till something dark and dreadful brings us to ourselves again."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"These were the Original Springs, or Fountain-Head, from whence my Affectionate Thoughts were mov'd to assist this poor Woman."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724, 1755
Unemployed wit stagnates like standing waters
preview | full record— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)
Date: 1725
Freezing blood may congeal around a cold heart
preview | full record— Pitt, Christopher (1699-1748)
Date: 1726, 1753
"Restless, on paper, we our vows repeat, / And pour our souls out, on the missive sheet"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)