Date: 1754
"my conquest of my passion is at least as glorious for me, as his is for him"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1754
One may propose a tour in order to conquer a passion and establish his health
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1754
Two charming maids may be "By nature form'd to conquer hearts"
preview | full record— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)
Date: 1755
"Like Death impartial, [Love] presents his Dart, / And sure to conquer, aims at ev'ry Heart"
preview | full record— Masters, Mary (1694-1771)
Date: 1756
"I ask not Her heart, but would conquer my own"
preview | full record— Moore, Edward (1712-1757)
Date: 1758
"COME, Epictetus, arm my breast / With thy impenetrable steel, / No more the wounds of grief to feel, / Nor mourn, by others' woes deprest."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: 1758
Here lurks DISTEMPER's horrid train / And there the PASSIONS lift their flaming brands; / These with fell rage my helpless body tear, / While those, with daring hands, / Against th' immortal soul their impious weapons rear."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: 1759
"It is difficult to conquer the Passions, but it is impossible to satisfy them"
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1759
"[Y]et such was the Strength of his Passions, that he could not immediately conquer his Love"
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1759
"He then communicated the various precepts given from time to time for the conquest of passion, and displayed the happiness of those who had obtained the important victory, after which man is no longer the slave of fear, nor the fool of hope; is no more emaciated by envy, inflamed by anger, emasc...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)