Date: 1752, 1790
A mind may be " Void of all coquettish arts, / And vain designs of conquering hearts"
preview | full record— Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)
Date: 1773
"Not all their cruelty (the fair rejoin'd) / Shall ever boast a conquest o'er my mind"
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1782
"Hence all that is in man, pride, passion, art, / Powers of the mind , and feelings of the heart, / Insensible of Truth's almighty charms, / Starts at her first approach, and sounds to arms!"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1786, 1787, 1788; 1789
"She can conquer a heart--that she wants sense to keep."
preview | full record— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)
Date: 1786, 1787, 1788; 1789
"For spells may be said to exist in that tone, / Whose graces can conquer all hearts--but her own."
preview | full record— Williams, John [pseud. Anthony Pasquin] (1754-1818)