Date: 1746

"One tyrant passion rules the soul of man"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"As love no single part of empire knows," "So shou'd our passions" extend "their full joy" to all desert

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Passions may rule over one's intellects

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"Of all the passions--that the mind enslave,/ Tarnish the glory of the truly brave,/ The meanest this--of social love the pest, / The worst of Fiends--in fairest colours drest."

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1747

"Old Gripus ne'er was known to be devout, / Till Satan found his ruling passion out"

— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)

Date: 1747

"And where's the boasted liberty of man? / Chang'd are his lords indeed; and tyrant Lust / Usurps the just supremacy of Heav'n."

— Cardinal Melchior de Polignac (1661-1741)

Date: 1747

"Strange force of Harmony, whose Power controuls, / The warring Passions, and informs our Souls, / Soft soothing Sounds, by whose enchantment blest, / Anger and Grief forsake the tranquil Breast; / While soft Ideas rising in the Mind, / Bids us in Love a gentle Tyrant find, / And to his Sway the ...

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1747

"VENUS, Queen of tender Fires, / Pleasing Pains, and soft Desires; / Sweet Enslaver of the Heart, / Here thy gentle Aid impart."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1747

"Hither beauteous Goddess move, / Leave a while th' Idalian Grove; / Once more to my transported Breast, / Come a mild, a grateful Guest; / There confirm thy pleasing Reign, / Free from Cares, and free from Pain."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)

Date: 1747

"No longer Hope and Fear maintain / Within your Breast a doubtful Reign."

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)