Date: 1665
"We need not in this case, as in most others, make an uneasie Preparation to entertain our Instructors; for our Instructions are suddenly, and as it were cut of an Ambuscade, shot into our Mind, from things whence we never expected them, so that we receive the advantage of learning good Lessons, ...
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Date: 1696
"I find the danger now: my Spirits start / At the alarm, and from all quarters come / To Man my Heart, the Citadel of love."
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Date: 1696
"But 'tis a pleasure more than life can give, / That with unconquer'd Passion to the last, / You struggle still, and fain wou'd hold me to you."
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Date: 1700
"My Heart's his Throne, yet Rebel Passions Jar, / Which Fire my Veins, and thro' my Blood make War."
preview | full record— Hopkins, John (b. 1675)
Date: 1700
"All Hearts you Conquer, as you Conquer mine"
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