Date: Licens'd Decemb. 22. 1691
"The Ladies Hearts, particularly the Incognita and Leonora's, beat time to the Horses Hoofs, and hope and fear made a mock Fight within their tender Breasts, each wishing and doubting success where she lik'd."
preview | full record— Congreve, William (1670-1729)
Date: 1693
"Why is Love then (said the Count) so irreconcilable an Enemy to Reason, that it can never cohabit with it?"
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Date: 1696
"'Twas not with ease the Usurper got Possession here (went she on; pointing to her Heart) nor will he be with ease dislodg'd. All the Sighs and Tears it cost Emilius to gain this Virgin Heart, to bind it in the Inchanting Chains of Tyrannick Love; I must, with Interest, pay back, e'er I can set t...
preview | full record— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)