Date: 1796
"The speeches of the unsuspicious Eugenia, that a moment before would have past unheeded, now regaled her renovated fancy with a thousand amusing images, which so vigorously struggled against her sadness and her terrors, that they were soon nearly driven from the field by their sportive assailant...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1797
A boy with the the divine gift of beauty may conquer "each heart he lists" nor needs Cupid's "shafts to aid his victories"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)
Date: 1797
"The impression becomes deeper; not in consequence of being reinforced by fresh arguments, but merely by dint of having longer rested in the mind; and as they [doubts] increase in force, they creep on and extend themselves. At length they diffuse themselves over the whole of Religion, and possess...
preview | full record— Wilberforce, William (1759-1833)
Date: 1801
Time and absence join'd may chase the soft invader from the mind
preview | full record— Pye, Henry James (1745-1813)
Date: 1804
A "soul-commanding chord" may be "The conqueror of grief, and joy's creative lord"
preview | full record— Hayley, William (1745-1820)
Date: 1806
"Go forth, ye glorious conquerors of the mind"
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1810
"Our heroine fear'd him not; it was her part, / To make sure conquest of such gentle heart"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1812
Something may reach one "of the social arts, / That soften manners, and that conquer hearts."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)