Date: 1751

"[H]e could not help gazing at her with desire, and forming the design of making a conquest of her heart"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1751

One may behave with such generosity as to make" an absolute conquest" of a woman's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1751

One may act as if he had "gained an absolute conquest over all the passions of the heart"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1751

One may look upon his love for a woman "as a passion which it was necessary, at any rate, to conquer or suppress"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

He had before this time, been smit with the ambition of making a conquest of the young lady's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

A man may cunningly cater for the gratification of a woman's ruling appetite and gain upon her heart making with rapidity conquest over the affections

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

Extraordinary accomplishments may make a conquest of a woman's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

The conquest of a certain heart may cost a thousand times more labour and address than all previous victories

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: January 1, 1760 - January 1, 1762; 1762

A woman's features may be so brightened by an occasion, that with the first glance she may make a conquest of the heart of a man

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)