Date: 1764
"Bold was the man, and fenc'd in ev'ry part /With oak, and ten-fold brass about the heart, / To build a play who tortur'd first his brain, / And then dar'd launch it on this stormy main."
preview | full record— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)
Date: 1767
"Seamen have hearts of gold, sir, / Peace or in war, alike we show / Englishmen stout and bold, sir."
preview | full record— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Date: 1767
"We were free, we're bold, we're true hearts of gold"
preview | full record— Stevens, George Alexander (1710?-1784)
Date: 1767
"Love has made me stout and strong; /Has given me a charm, / Will not suffer me to fall; / Has steel'd my heart, and nerv'd my arm, / To guard my precious all."
preview | full record— Garrick, David (1717-1779)
Date: 1769
"But, first, I'll tell thee thy detested deeds, / And gall, if possible, thine iron heart."
preview | full record— Home, John (1722-1808)
Date: 1769
"Something like pity shakes my firm resolves, / And almost melts the iron heart of Zingis."
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Date: 1769
"Does thy iron heart / Deny me this--a portion of his grave?"
preview | full record— Dow, Alexander (1735/6-1779)
Date: 1772
"Oh! if my fate depends upon her looks, they must be iron hearts that can withstand 'em."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1774
"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1775
"That heart, by war and honour steel'd to fear, / Droops on a sigh, and sickens at a tear!"
preview | full record— Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)