Date: 1714, 1739
Two woman may "with equal Ardor assure [themselves] of the Empire of a [man's] heart
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"All the Revolutions that inhuman Fortune can expose us to, the Loss of Grandeur, Persecutions, the Poison of Envy, and the Insults of Hatred, have nothing in 'em but what the Resolutions of a Mind where Reason has the least Rule, can easily defy."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"Philosophy ... raises [one] above the rest of human Kind, and gives the sovereign Empire to Reason, subjecting the animal Part to its Laws, the gross Appetite of which debases us to Beasts"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"This Empire which Reason holds over the Senses, does not make us renounce the Sweets of Praise"
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
A woman may have one heart in subjection to her empire
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744)
Date: 1739
"O knit my thankful Heart to Thee, / And reign without a Rival there."
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Date: 1741
"He knew, that vain was ev'ry Art, design'd / To check the Freedom of the humane Will; / That Restraints could shackle up the Mind, / Which, self-determin'd, kept her Empire still."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Love, tho' he fetter'd,--led me not aside, / And Virgin Chastity maintain'd its Part; / Tho' Choice inthron'd him in my conscious Breast."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
"Lord of my Wishes, tho' he reign'd confest / His Empire was still bounded by the Mind / In me, unblemish'd Honour lent the Fire / The mutual Flame to feed,--I thought should ne'er expire."
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)
Date: 1741
A charmer may gain "a mental Empire" "And still a Queen thro' every bosom reign"
preview | full record— Ogle, George (1704-1746)