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)
Date: 1775
An "unquenchable" spark may glow within the breast and blaze into freedom
preview | full record— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
Date: 1775
"But, O, my brother! if thou hast a heart / That is not steel'd with stoic apathy / Against the magic of all-conqu'ring love, / Beware of beauty's pow'r; for she has charms / Wou'd melt the frozen breast of hoary age, / Or draw the lonely hermit from his cell / To gaze upon her."
preview | full record— Francklin, Thomas (1721-1784)
Date: February 15, 1776
"George, steel your heart, steel your heart, you Rogue."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)