Date: 1734, 1735
"Since you to win my Heart have deign'd, / Quit not the Conquest you have gain'd."
preview | full record— Barber, Mary (c.1685-1755)
Date: 1734
Conscience may grovel like a conquer'd Foe " While Int'rest with a threatning Frown, / Brow-beats her still, and knocks her down"
preview | full record— Forbes of Disblair (fl. 1765-1771)
Date: 1735
"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"
preview | full record— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)
Date: 1735-6
"While his the bloodless conquest of the heart, / Shouts without groan, and triumph without war"
preview | full record— Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Date: 1736
"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"
preview | full record— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Date: 1736
Love and Reason may make war within one's breast
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Date: 1737
"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)
Date: 1737
"At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art, / Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart."
preview | full record— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)
Date: 1737
"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."
preview | full record— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)