Date: 1809, 1812
"There fawning flatt'ry wins its way, / There the base passions join the fray, / Like beasts that on each other prey; / While the smile hides each trait'rous heart, / And interest plays a Proteus part."
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: 1812
"Reason, through anguish, shall her throne forsake, / And strength of mind but stronger madness make."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1813
The thought may be feasted and the mind filled with sweet sensations
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1813
In female hearts "genuine virtue" may glow and not that "stern passion, that unlovely flame, / which sear'd the bosom of the Spartan dame"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1813
British nymphs even while "their bosoms own the tender fire, / Their generous minds can check each fond desire"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1813
One passion governs every gallant mind
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1813
Country's love may be a ruling passion
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1813
"No, my generous friend, the Admiral's heart is gold, and I might coin it"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1813
"Oh pure in heart, I have touch'd and find thee true as gold without alloy"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)