Date: 1706
"There's but one Way however to resent it from a Woman; and that's to drive her bravely from your Heart, and place a worthier in her vacant Throne."
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: 1706
"Now with Submission to my Betters, I have another way, Sir; I'll drive my Tyrant from my Heart, and place my self in her Throne."
preview | full record— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)
Date: 1706
Reason may still keep "its Throne, but it nods a little"
preview | full record— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)
Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"To Tyrannize, to play the Tyrant, or use tyrannically; to oppress, or lord it over. The Passions are Figuratively said To Tyrannize over the Soul. "
preview | full record— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)
Date: 1706 [first published 1658]
"Volition, (in Philos.) the Act of Willing, an Act of the Mind when it knowingly exercises that Dominion it takes to it self over any Part of the Man, by employing such a Faculty in, or withholding it from any particular Action."
preview | full record— Phillips, Edward (1630-1696)
Date: 1706
Honour may reign in the breast of "Gracious Anna"
preview | full record— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)
Date: 1707, 1710
"Reason will judge, when both their Claims produce."
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)
Date: 1707, 1710
"So can the pow'rful Grape our Reason cheat, / And o'er our giddy Fancy reign."
preview | full record— Cobb, Samuel (bap. 1675, d. 1713)
Date: 1707
"There [in a softer mind] shall his sacred spirit dwell, / And deep engrave his law, / And every motion of our souls / To swift obedience draw."
preview | full record— Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)
Date: 1707
"Lost in Labyrinths of Love, / My Breast with hoarded Vengeance burns, / While Fear and Rage / With Hope engage, / And rule my wav'ring Soul by turns."
preview | full record— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)