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
"Love's an heroick Passion, which can find No room in any base degen'rate Mind: It kindles all the Soul with Honour's Fire, To make the Lover worthy his Desire."
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: 1724, 1725
"[H]is Image was too deeply impress'd in her Mind, ever to banish it thence, tho' effac'd and blotted by the Memory of his Crimes"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
"As to the Beauties of her Person, tho' few of the most celebrated ones could boast of more, yet they were so far exceeded by those of the interior Part, that I shall only say, the Brightness of her Mind shone in her Eyes, enliven'd all her Air"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
"But alas! what Courage, what Discretion, what cool Reserve, what Sanctity of Wishes can defend the Heart, when once the God of Love has found an Entrance there!"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
"[Love] that Tyrant Passion lords it o'er the Mind, fills every Faculty, and leaves no room for any other Thought--drives Consideration far away--overturns Reflection-- and permits no Image but itself to dwell in Fancy's Region"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724, 1725
"The soft and tender Soul of Emanuella, was a fit Temple for the enslaving Deity to work his utmost Wonders in"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1725
"Forgive the harsh Expression, for believe, of all Mankind, I cou'd esteem you as a Friend--but, alas! my Heart wants room to entertain you as a tender Guest; long e're I knew your Merits it was taken up, all the Affections of my Soul are riveted to another--to him I am bound by all the ties of H...
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