Date: December 13, 1700; 1701
"I ne'er saw any yet so fair! such Sweetness in her Look! such Modesty! if we may think the Eye the window to the Heart, she has a thousand treasur'd Virtues there."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1703
"But Beauty, bewitching Beauty, has Power at any time to unlock the Closet of my Breast; your Charms are irresistibly engaging"
preview | full record— Centlivre, Susanna (c.1670-1723); Moliére (1622-1673)
Date: 1682, 1683, 1709
A woman's heart is a "black Mansion" in which nothing resides "But Spite, Contention, Luxury, and Pride"
preview | full record— Gould, Robert (b. 1660?, d. in or before 1709)