Date: 1692

"I tell you, Madam, Love in my Breast is with greater difficulty remov'd, than Foreign Aids out of the distressed Kingdom they are call'd in to assist; Love has subdued me all, and I am entirely a Slave."

— Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)

Date: 1692

"Methinks a generous Indignation should break so hated a Chain, since 'tis so preposterous and base, to make the Sov'raign of the mind, Reason, the Slave to every motion of the most inconsiderable part of our Body I know you a great stickler for Liberty, and Property, but you ought first to pull ...

— Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)

Date: 1692

"The Passion, confess (said Church) that prevails, ranges all the Forces of Reason on it's side, so that Reason seems rather the Mercenary Servant of the Passions, than their Guide."

— Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)