Date: 1673
"[Y]our whole frame [is] as innocent, and holy, as if your being were all soul and spirit, without the gross allay of flesh and bloud"
preview | full record— Dryden, John (1631-1700)
Date: 1680
"I said you were all Mettle; A brazen face, a leaden brain, and a copper nose and beard."
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1681
"[A] Woman has a sweet time on't with any Soldier Lover of 'em all, with their Iron minds and Buff hearts"
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1691
"I'm the righter of Wrongs, and undoer of Injuries--Heart of Steel, and Arms of Brass."
preview | full record— Wilson, John (bap. 1626, d. 1695?)