Date: 1749

"My heart is melting wax;"

— Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

Date: 1757-9

"In harden'd Oak his Heart did hide, / And Ribs of Iron arm'd his Side!"

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1760

"Whenever this shall be executed, it is to be looked upon as the work of true genius; but when fallen short of, as often happens, it is to be deemed the impotent effort of the hard-bound brains of low plagiaries, whose memory is filled with the shreds and ill-chosen scraps of other mens wit."

— Macklin, Charles (1697-1797)

Date: 1762

"Stamp Thy whole image on my breast,"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"And make Thy pardoning mercy known, / And seal it on my heart."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1762

"Seal the promise on my heart"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1763

I shall bury in Oblivion all Thoughts of the Intent,

— King, Thomas (1730-1805)

Date: 1767

"Stamp the pardon on our hearts"

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1778

If we may judge the inside of fashionable ladies' heads "by that without, they are confused enough of all conscience"

— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)

Date: 1778

The heart like a bird to its nestling will fly, / And when by the weight of a parent its bending, / Yet wishes while constant to break and to die. / Like a bird in a snare, of its freedom bereft, / Still hoping and wishing releasement again, / 'Till clos'd in the cage the flutterer is left / To p...

— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)