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...

— 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...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"She was beginning to make some Reflections on the Meanness of suffering Passions of any kind to get the Mastery of Reason, when a sudden and tumultuous Noise rouzed her from this Resvery, and the Lovers from the Slumber they were just fallen into."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"This Discourse, meant for a Comfort, was the severest Corrosive to the Heart of Eovaai."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"Being left to her Repose, a thousand sad Ideas ran through her troubled Mind, which at length burst out in these Complainings: Are these, said she, my promised Joys at my Return to Ijaveo, to find my Throne in the Possession of another?"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"Thus ended Emoe her little Narrative, and returned to her former Demonstrations of Joy, for the sight of her Royal Mistress; but how impossible is it to describe the Transport with which her Words had fill'd the Soul of Eovaai: to find, in the Preserver of her Life, the Preserver of her whole Pe...

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"They stood for some moments gazing at each other at a distance; then bow'd and approach'd, but without speaking; the extraordinary Emotions which hurried thro' their Souls, (as they afterwards confess'd) kept both in a profound Silence."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"Here I had an Opportunity of observing how little the Toils of the Body are to be held in competition with those of the Mind."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"Have you not suffered your Heart to be usurp'd by the Charms of some Beauty?"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1736

"And as I am resolved, in spite of the Pleasure I take in gazing on them, to condemn myself to an eternal Absence, and to do every thing in my power to obliterate all Ideas from my Heart, that may render it an unworthy Offering to the Owner of this Jewel."

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)