Date: 1700
"Whilst in my Soul Despair her Court maintains, / And with deep Pomp in solid Darkness Reigns."
preview | full record— Hopkins, John (b. 1675)
Date: August, 1674; 1675
"But thou who art not ignorant of my Rivals affairs, tell me, what passes in his Court, in his Soul!"
preview | full record— Crowne, John (bap. 1641, d. 1712)
Date: 1696
"The Prince, at this moment, banish'd from his Breast the Idea of all the Court-Beauties he had ever seen, and gaz'd on this Master-piece of Nature so long, till he had imprinted Cordelia's Image too deep for time ever to deface."
preview | full record— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)
Date: 1702-1713, 1989
"The tyrant passions tread fair meritt down / & their proud thrones erect above the crown"
preview | full record— Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718)
Date: 1685
"No, no, such practises I do detest, / I keep a constant Jury in my breast, / By which I'm hourly try'd, no allegation, / No fain'd excuse, no specious information, / No falshood, no corrupted evidence, / In that impartial Court of Conscience, / Will ever be receiv'd, at any rate, / From this sam...
preview | full record— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)