Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
"'Tis pity [...] that a Man who could conquer his Passions so far, could not subdue them intirely"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
Pamela is apt to look upon sheepishness "as an outward Fence or Inclosure, as I may say, to his Virtue, which might keep off the lighter Attacks of Immorality, the Hussars of Vice, as I may say, who are not able to carry on a formal Siege against his Morals"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1742
"But what hurt her most was, that in reality she had not so entirely conquered her Passion; the little God lay lurking in her Heart, tho' Anger and Disdain so hoodwinked her, that she could not see him"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Lady Booby found good Reason to doubt whether she had so absolutely conquered her Passion, as she had flattered herself"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
One may be "a great Enemy to the Passions" and, like Parson Adams, preach "nothing more than the Conquest of them by Reason and Grace"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Yes, Joseph, my Eyes whether I would or no, must have declared a Passion I cannot conquer"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Yes, I thank Heaven and my Pride, I have now perfectly conquered this unworthy Passion"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Not the gross act alone employs her pen; / She reconnoitres Fancy's airy band, / A watchful foe! the formidable spy, / Listening, o'erhears the whispers of our camp; / Our dawning purposes of heart explores, / And steals our embryos of iniquity."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1742
"Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; / Speech burnishes our mental magazine, / Brightens for ornament, and whets for use."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1742
God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles