Date: 1749
"Her tender Heart was at that Instant overflowing in soft Tears, caused by a kind Participation of their present Transport, yet mixed with the deep sad Impression of a Grief her Bosom was full fraught with."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1749
"Chloe, in this time, by proper Reflections, and a due Sense of Caelia's great Goodness and Affection to her, had so entirely got the better of herself in this Affair, that she found she could now, without any Uneasiness see them married; and calling Caelia to her, she said with a Smile, 'I have,...
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1749
"Yet should thy Soul indulge the gen'rous Heat, / Till captive Science yields her last Retreat / Should Reason guide thee with her brightest Ray, / And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day; / Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, / Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright; / Should temptin...
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1749
Charles XII of Sweden has "A Frame of Adamant, a Soul of Fire, / No Dangers fright him, and no Labours tire."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1749
"With distant Voice neglected Virtue calls, / Less heard, and less the faint Remonstrance falls; / Tir'd with Contempt, she quits the slipp'ry Reign, / And Pride and Prudence take her Seat in vain."
preview | full record— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Date: 1749
God may one's "longing heart vouchsafe to make / [His] everlasting throne"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1749
God may "Come quickly" and "in every heart / Set up [His] throne of love
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1749
"With a diamond's point it [sin] stands / Engraven on my heart / Wrote by mine, and Satan's hands / It mocks the' eraser's art."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1749
Sin may mock "the' eraser's art" so that marks remain on the soul as a foul stain
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1749
"In my heart Thy name reveal, / Stamp me with Thy Spirit's seal"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles