Date: 1681
"Thus when Adonis got the stone, / To Love the Boy still made his moan; / Venus the Queen of Fancy came, / And as he slept she cool'd his flame."
preview | full record— Lee, Nathaniel (1653-1692)
Date: 1687
A woman may sway the Empire of one's soul
preview | full record— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
Date: 1691
"The Flame which Reason rules has Interest in't"
preview | full record— Mountfort, William (c.1664-1692)
Date: 1696
Fancy may over-rule reason
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Date: 1696
"Condemned to Passions, captivated by 'em--We are the Monarchs o're all other Creatures, yet Anarchy predominates in us."
preview | full record— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Date: 1696
"The Sences in Confederacy raise Rebellion against reason; there now is a Civil War over all this Compound Tabernacle. Pride and Desire disturb the Harmony of Government, endeavouring to undermine the tottering Fabrick, and to hurl all into Chaos and Confusion."
preview | full record— Anonymous; George Powell (1658-1714), Publisher
Date: 1696
"Sir--Notwithstanding this provocation, I am calm; but were I like other Men, a Slave to Passion, shou'd not for-bear calling you Impertinent!"
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1696
"For hitherto my Soul has been enslav'd to loose Desires, to vain deluding Follies, and shadows of substantial bliss: but now I wake with joy to find my Rapture Real."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1696
"Rebellious Reason, talk no more, / Of all my Slaves, I thee abhor."
preview | full record— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)
Date: 1696
"Tho' she be / A Slave, her Mind is free, and shou'd consent."
preview | full record— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)