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)
Date: 1766
One "might find it necessary to his ease, to conquer passions which he durst not indulge"
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1766
"Each of these words, implies, resistance; but, that of 'conquer', refers to victory over enemies; and is, generally, used in the literal sense: that of 'subdue', is more applicable to our passions; being, oftener, used in a figurative; and means, a bringing under subjection: that of 'overcome', ...
preview | full record— Trusler, John (1735-1820)
Date: September 30, 1769?
"To nature and the passions dead, / A brothel is his house and bed; / To fan the flame of warm desire, / And after wanton in the fire, / He thinks a labour; and his parts / Were not designed to conquer hearts."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1769
"The narrowness of my fortune, which I see in a much stronger light in this land of luxury, and the apparent impossibility of placing the most charming of women in the station my heart wishes, give me anxieties which my reason cannot conquer."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
"I pique myself in keeping the heart of the loveliest woman that ever existed, as a nobler conquest than attracting the notice of a hundred coquets."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)