Date: 1771
"And, like my friend, a gen'rous aim pursues: / To combat vice in this licentious age, / To teach the pleasing moral from the stage, / The rising gusts of passion to controul"
preview | full record— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Date: 1772
One may weed out unmanly prejudice from the hearts of his countrymen
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1772
"Oh! if my fate depends upon her looks, they must be iron hearts that can withstand 'em."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1773
"Fancy no more on airy wings shall rise, / We now must scold the maids, and make the pies."
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Date: 1773
Philosophers hold the soul to be of no sex
preview | full record— Kenrick, William (1729/30-1779)
Date: 1774
"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1774
"The nymph, who in my bosom reigns, / With such full force my heart enchains, / That nothing ever can impair / The empire she possesses there."
preview | full record— Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)
Date: 1775
Love and fear may dry up "soft springs of pity" in the heart and freeze them
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)