Date: 1730
"They [women] would meet our Inclinations three parts of the way, but that Pride is their predominant Passion, and 'tis a greater Gratification to 'em to make a Man their Slave, than their Gallant."
preview | full record— Miller, James (1704-1744)
Date: 1730
"I was in hopes his mean Attempt on my Virtue, had banish'd every tender Thought of him from my Breast"
preview | full record— Miller, James (1704-1744)
Date: June 22, 1731
"But Heaven, who knows our Frame, and graciously distinguishes between Frailty and Presumption, will make a Difference, tho' Man cannot, who sees not the Heart, but only judges by the outward Action."
preview | full record— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Some ruling Passion lurks in ev'ry Breast"
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: w. 1769, 1784
"Happy (if Mortals can be) is the Man, / Who, not by Priest but Reason, rules his span:"
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: w. prior to April 1770; 1785, 1837, 1875
"The groves of Kew, however misapplied / To serve the purposes of lust and pride, / Were, by the greater monarch's care, designed / A place of conversation for the mind; / Where solitude and silence should remain, / And conscience keep her sessions and arraign."
preview | full record— Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Whate'er we do, the Motive's much the same, / 'Tis Impulse governs, under Reason's Name; / Each eagerly some fav'rite End pursues, / And diff'rent Tempers furnish diff'rent Views."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Slave to thy self, whilst Lord of all beside, / Surmount thy Weakness, or renounce thy Pride."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Customs or Int'rests govern all Mankind, / Some Biass cleaves to the unguarded Mind; / Thro' this, as in a false or flatt'ring Glass / Things seem to change their Natures as they pass."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)
Date: 1734 [1735?]
"Man, Slave to Sense no higher Bliss can know, / Still measures Things above by Things below."
preview | full record— Paget, Thomas Catesby, Lord Paget (1689-1742)