Date: 1763
"Nor hope the Conquest of that stubborn Heart"
preview | full record— Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)
Date: 1763, 1765; 1766
""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more."
preview | full record— Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
Date: 1763
"That he would himself assist her to conquer an inclination which is incompatible with the views which the most indulgent of parents entertains for her happiness?"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1763
"The trial was too great for the softness of a heart like mine; I had almost conquered my own passion, when I became a victim to his."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1763
"How painful the conquest over the sweetest affections of the human heart! "
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1763
"I feel a horror I cannot conquer at the idea of ever receiving the visit your Lordship has proposed; but conscious of the injustice of indulging it, I sacrifice it to our antient friendship, and only postpone, not refuse, the visit."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1765 [1764]
"Jerome was heartily grieved to discover his son's inclination for that Princess; and leaving him to his rest; promised in the morning to acquaint him with important reasons for conquering his passion."
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Date: 1765 [1764]
"Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend."
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)
Date: 1766
Dimples may make an absolute conquest of some man's heart
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1766
A father may think it his duty to conquer faults in his child "which, when strengthened by time and habit, must prove incorrigible"
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)