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."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)

Date: 1766

Dimples may make an absolute conquest of some man's heart

— 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"

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

Date: 1766

One "might find it necessary to his ease, to conquer passions which he durst not indulge"

— 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', ...

— 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."

— 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."

— 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."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1769

"I feel a timidity I cannot conquer, at the thought of seeing Mrs. Rivers."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1769

"She added, that she had on first seeing me, though she thought me worthy his heart, felt an impulse of dislike which she was ashamed to own, even now that reason and reflexion had conquered so unworthy a sentiment."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)