Date: 1700
"Hah, what did I say I Trembl'd, 'tis impossible, can my Heart tremble, that is steel'd with Power?"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1699, 1700
"Steel your Hearts with Honour first; then with Generous Resolution; and let Aurelia nobly guide your Steps into the Temple of Perpetual Glory"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1700
"Oh! all ye Powers that virtuous Love inspire, / Assist me now: inform my Vocal Organs / With Angel Eloquence, such as can melt / His Heart of Flint, and move his former Kindness."
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1700
"What Heart of Steel / Could ere resist such Beauty drest in Tears?"
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1702
"Love, Sorrow, and the Sting of vile Reproach, / Succeeding one another in their Course, / Like Drops of Eating Water on the Marble, / At length have worn my boasted Courage down."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: 1703
"Gold is a sure Bait to gain him, no other Loadstone can attrack his iron heart, 'tis proof against the force of Beauty, else I should not need this Stratagem, for Nature has not prov'd a Nigard to my Daughter."
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: 1703
"Ah! Heart of Oak, true as Steel I warrant thee; what, you must needs know Mr. Queenlove."
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1705
"[S]he must have lov'd him, though her Heart had been made of Brass"
preview | full record— Centlivre [née Freeman; other married name Carroll], Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)
Date: November 25, 1707; 1708
"Wilt thou not plead for Life?--Intreat the Tyrant, / And waken Nature in his Iron Heart."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Date: November 25, 1707; 1708
"No, I will steel my Heart against thy Pray'r."
preview | full record— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)