Date: 1723
"Mine [heart] open lies, without the least Defence; / No Guard of Art; but its own Innocence; / Under which Fort it could fierce Storms endure: / But from thy Wit I find no Fort secure."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1723, 1725
"Beauclair was more gallant; and believing that if ever he desir'd any greater Testimonies of the Conquest he had made of her Heart, than what her Eyes declar'd, now was the Time to obtain them."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
One may think herself "more happy in the Conquest of [a] Heart, than in that of the whole World"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1725
One may, "tho' ever accounted the most roving and inconstant of his Sex," prefer the Conquest of one Heart to all the others he had made
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
"If you were in a Condition (said she merrily) I should be half in hope it was of your Heart I had made so great a Conquest"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1726
One may find "his own Affections ... impossible to conquer, or bring into any bounds of Reason."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1736
"Then, Madam, reply'd Broscomin, sullenly, I shall waste no farther Time in attacking so impregnable a Fortress: this unconquerable Mind shall be left to its own liberty; and I must content myself with the means which more indulgent Heaven has given me of becoming Master of your more defenceless ...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"Ochihatou came to Assadid, and had the Boldness to declare his Pretensions to my Princess: the Gracefulness of his Person, the engaging Manner of his Address, his Wit, his Gallantry, and perhaps his Science, had so powerful an Effect, that he no sooner came, than conquer'd; her Heart that had wi...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"The Agonies she endured in the Conflict, between Virtue and Inclination, were so violent, that to behold them, would have drawn Tears from any Eyes, but those of a Rival; but I must confess my Cruelty in this Point, I loved Ochihatou, had envied her the Conquest of his Heart, and felt the extrem...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1744
Beauty and the charms of a woman's conversation can make a conquest of a lover's heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)