Date: 1724

"This cold clay cottage is but the soul's prison, / And death, at worst, is but a surly friend, / Who conquers to give liberty."

— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)

Date: 1724, 1755

Rust may "fair endowments hide"

— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)

Date: 1724, 1755

Wit may be refined by reason to disengage metal from the mine [of the mind]

— Tollet, Elizabeth (1694-1754)

Date: 1725-6

"Each gentle mind the soft infection felt, for richest metals are most apt to melt"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"Each warlike Greek the moving music hears, / And iron-hearted Heroes melt in tears"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"Heav'n has not curst me with a heart of steel, / But giv'n the sense, to pity, and to feel."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"Deep in my soul the trust shall lodge secur'd, / With ribs of steel, and marble heart immur'd"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"And oh my Queen! he cries; what pow'r above / Has steel'd that heart, averse to spousal love!"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"O cruel thou! some fury sure has steel'd / That stubborn soul, by toil untaught to yield!"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.

Date: 1725-6

"But sure relentless folly steels thy breast, / Obdurate to reject the stranger-guest"

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.