Date: 1722
"And yet, whate'er I do, my Hopes are blasted. / That this fierce Combat in my Heart were over!"
preview | full record— Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)
Date: 1722, 1725
The proudest of the female Sex may glory in the Conquest of a Heart
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1725
"Reason, at last, has gain'd a Conquest over all that Softness which has hitherto betray'd me to Contempt"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1739
"His waking Pensiveness, and the warm Bed, brought his Mistress afresh into his Heart; and powerful Love became Conqueror of all the Passions, for no sooner broke the Day, but he resolved to shake off all timorous Apprehensions, and haste to his dear expecting Livia."
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1723
"Can Kings the Empire of the Soul invade?"
preview | full record— Blackmore, Sir Richard (1654-1729)
Date: 1723
"The first Transports of his Passion being thus conquered, he began to be resigned"
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1723
"[Y]ou must use your Reason; conquer that Passion which is now unlawful and injurious to your repose"
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1723, 1740
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1723
"When Friends Advice with Lovers Forces joyn, / They conquer Hearts more fortified than mine."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1723
"Mine [heart] open lies, without the least Defence; / No Guard of Art; but its own Innocence; / Under which Fort it could fierce Storms endure: / But from thy Wit I find no Fort secure."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)