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: 1735
"Love is a little, sly, designing Knave, / And meanly steals his Conquests o'er our Minds"
preview | full record— Hildebrand, Jacob (1692/3-1739)
Date: 1736
"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"
preview | full record— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)
Date: 1736
"Then, Madam, reply'd Broscomin, sullenly, I shall waste no farther Time in attacking so impregnable a Fortress: this unconquerable Mind shall be left to its own liberty; and I must content myself with the means which more indulgent Heaven has given me of becoming Master of your more defenceless ...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"Ochihatou came to Assadid, and had the Boldness to declare his Pretensions to my Princess: the Gracefulness of his Person, the engaging Manner of his Address, his Wit, his Gallantry, and perhaps his Science, had so powerful an Effect, that he no sooner came, than conquer'd; her Heart that had wi...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1736
"The Agonies she endured in the Conflict, between Virtue and Inclination, were so violent, that to behold them, would have drawn Tears from any Eyes, but those of a Rival; but I must confess my Cruelty in this Point, I loved Ochihatou, had envied her the Conquest of his Heart, and felt the extrem...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-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)