Date: 1753

The heart may be softened or wounded

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1753

"We often see that to reverse this boasted constancy is the work of but a single minute,--and then in vain their past professions recoil upon their minds;--in vain the idea of the forsaken fair haunts them in nightly visions."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

Anger and contempt may be predominant passions of the mind

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

"Now proud, imperial reason, boast thy pow'r!"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

"E'en while her smile-dress'd beauty fills my eyes, / And life itself pierc'd by the musick, dies, / To shew proud joys, that reason rules 'em all."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

"Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts, / And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

Love may "To slighted beauty .. new powers impart: / And stretch the aided empire of the heart"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

The "Sunshine of a northern Beauty is too feeble to thaw the icy Heart of a French Courtier"

— Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)

Date: 1753

One may make a new conquest and gain "a heart all flaming and adoration"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1753

"Nature, that form'd you loveliest, doubly kind, / To like perfection, rais'd your conquering mind"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)