Date: 1726
"'Twould be a bad World with most of us, if Reason were always to rule."
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)
Date: 1728
"When Love in an impetuous Torrent flows, / How vainly Reason would its Force oppose; / Hurl'd down the Stream, like Flowers before the Wind, / She leaves to Love, the Empire of the Mind."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: January 10, 1728.
"I knew no Directors, but my Passions, no Master but my Will!"
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)
Date: 1730
"They [women] would meet our Inclinations three parts of the way, but that Pride is their predominant Passion, and 'tis a greater Gratification to 'em to make a Man their Slave, than their Gallant."
preview | full record— Miller, James (1704-1744)
Date: 1730
"I was in hopes his mean Attempt on my Virtue, had banish'd every tender Thought of him from my Breast"
preview | full record— Miller, James (1704-1744)
Date: 1730
"Cowardice was only the predominant Passion that seiz'd me then, but now I am as valiant as any Man, and by thy supernatural Charms I adore you."
preview | full record— Coffey, Charles (d. 1745)
Date: 1730
"See there the ruins of the noble mind, / When from calm reason passion tears the sway."
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: June 22, 1731
"But Heaven, who knows our Frame, and graciously distinguishes between Frailty and Presumption, will make a Difference, tho' Man cannot, who sees not the Heart, but only judges by the outward Action."
preview | full record— Lillo, George (1691/3-1739)
Date: 1731
"Proud of Dominion, yet enslav'd to Fear, / Kings who love Blood, thro' one long Tempest steer, / While the calm Monarch, who with Smiles controuls, / Roots his safe Empire, and is King of Souls."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1731
"'Tis true, my Favourite has betray'd me, basely; / But he was first, himself, betray'd by Love; / That Tyrant of the Heart, more King than I, / Ranks Monarchs with his Slaves."
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)