Date: 1748

The passions may be at war

— Pilkington, Laetitia (c. 1709-1750)

Date: 1752

"Assist me, Furies, with your hellish Aid, / Nor let the Tyrant Conscience more invade; / Since I am stain'd with Blood, thro' Blood I'll wade."

— Gentleman, Francis (1728-1784)

Date: Saturday, Aug. 3, 1754; 1756

"When I mention Figures, I must observe, that Men of critical Knowledge have justly distinguished between Figures of Speech, and Figures of the Sentiment; the former including Metaphor and all Translations of Phrases, and the latter consisting of such Breaks and Transitions in Discourse, as the M...

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1755

"Yet you disdain the meaner arts / By women us'd to conquer hearts."

— Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)

Date: 1756

"They have inlisted Reason to fight against itself, and employ it's whole Force to prove that it is an insufficient Guide to them in the Conduct of their Lives."

— Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)

Date: 1756

"Not only their Understandings labour continually, which is the severest Labour, but their Hearts are torn by the worst, most troublesome, and insatiable of all Passions, by Avarice, by Ambition, by Fear and Jealousy. No part of the Mind has Rest. Power gradually extirpates from the Mind every hu...

— Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)

Date: 1756

"What a rough war contending Passion keeps! / Now the storm's up; now, hah! by Heav'n he weeps."

— Bickerstaff, Isaac (b. 1733, d. after 1808)

Date: 1756, 1766

Do all married women "yield themselves intirely and universally to the government of conscience, subdue every thing to it, and conquer every adverse passion and inclination?"

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1756, 1766

Has reason always the sovereignty, and nothing wrong to be seen?

— Amory, Thomas (1690/1-1788)

Date: 1759

"Retire, my love, awhile; I'll come anon,-- / And fortify thy soul with firm resolve, / Becoming Zamti's wife."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)