Date: 1757-9

Peace and war alternately succeed in the lover

— Duncombe, John (1729-1786) [Editor]

Date: 1758

"There are few moralists who know how to arm our passions against one another."

— Helvétius, Claude Adrien (1715-1771)

Date: 1758

"COME, Epictetus, arm my breast / With thy impenetrable steel, / No more the wounds of grief to feel, / Nor mourn, by others' woes deprest."

— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)

Date: 1758

Here lurks DISTEMPER's horrid train / And there the PASSIONS lift their flaming brands; / These with fell rage my helpless body tear, / While those, with daring hands, / Against th' immortal soul their impious weapons rear."

— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)

Date: 1759

"This order of passions, according to this system, was of a more generous and noble nature than the other. They were considered upon many occasions as the auxiliaries of reason, to check and restrain the inferior and brutal appetites. We are often angry at ourselves, it was observed, we often bec...

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Date: 1759

"It is difficult to conquer the Passions, but it is impossible to satisfy them"

— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

Date: 1759

"[Y]et such was the Strength of his Passions, that he could not immediately conquer his Love"

— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)

Date: 1759

"Learn first, a Conquest, o'er yourselves, to gain, / That o'er our Sex, you may victorious reign."

— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)

Date: 1759

"Retire, my love, awhile; I'll come anon,-- / And fortify thy soul with firm resolve, / Becoming Zamti's wife."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

Date: 1759

"Bid them ne'er remit / Their high heroic ardor;--let them know, / Whate'er shall fall on this old mould'ring clay, / The tyrant never shall subdue my mind."

— Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)