Date: 1675
A man may use that Empire that Nature has given him "over poor womens hearts too tyrannically"
preview | full record— Crowne, John (bap. 1641, d. 1712)
Date: August, 1674; 1675
"But thou who art not ignorant of my Rivals affairs, tell me, what passes in his Court, in his Soul!"
preview | full record— Crowne, John (bap. 1641, d. 1712)
Date: 1680
"Beauty, Love, Constancy, and Wit" may crown the heart
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1700
"Therefore, Faith, and it's Twin-sister, Hope, must rule your Reason."
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1706
Honour may reign in the breast of "Gracious Anna"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1714, 1787
A king may seek "no Empire but in English hearts"
preview | full record— Welsted, Leonard (1688-1747)
Date: April 18, 1721
"One Argument is ballanc'd by another, / And Reason Reason meets in doubtful Fight, / And Proofs are countermin'd by equal Proofs. / No more I'll bear this Battel of the Mind, / This inward Anarchy."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1727, 1728
A young man may be "Possess'd of every virtue, grace, and art, / That claims just empire o'er the female heart"
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1742
"It makes us wander; wander earth around / To fly that tyrant, Thought."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: 1742
"Lorenzo! no; the thought of death indulge; / Give it its wholesome empire! let it reign, / That kind chastiser of thy soul in joy!"
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)