Date: 1723, 1725
"AS Tapers languish at th' Approach of Day," and as the "Book of Fame" may be "Eraz'd and blotted," "So fully o'er the Soul may a lover's Influence reign, "That not one Rebel-Thought [its] Sway disdains"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1723
"For Jesus sake, remove not my Distress, / Till free Triumphant Grace shall Reposess / The Vacant Throne; from whence my Sins Depart, / And make a willing Captive of my Heart."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1723, 1740
"My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs, / I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1724
A man may be ruled by "Honour and true Reason," "Which makes Submission to his Will / Nae Slav'ry, but a just Delight"
preview | full record— Ramsay, Allan (1684-1758)
Date: 1724, 1756
Wit is a "rebel Folly" that must be taught "That 'tis her noblest Conquest to submit"
preview | full record— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)
Date: 1724
"What a slave is man, when passion masters him?"
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Date: 1692, 1724
"Alas, I saw you, my dearest Prince, and from that fatal Moment my Heart rebell'd against my Reason, and forced from me numberless Sighs."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1692, 1724
"These Thoughts forc'd a Flood of Tears from my Eyes, whilst I endeavour'd to banish him from my Heart."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1692, 1724
"Tho' you have not been with me long, said she, I have a particular Kindness for you, and am willing to tell you, that if you have a Mind to merit my Affection, you must entirely banish Abelhamar from your Heart."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1692, 1724
"I love, 'tis true, and cannot flatter myself with ever being disengag'd from a Passion, which has so great an Empire over me; yet when Honour calls me I am ready to attend; and if I must give up my Life it shall be in so glorious a way as will do Honour to my Name."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)