Date: 1743

Rage at the Disappointment of Love and Pride, and at the finding a Passion fixed in my Breast one knows not how to conquer may break "out into that inconsistent Behaviour, which must always be the Consequence of violent Passions"

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1743

"[F]inding a Passion fixed in my Breast I knew not how to conquer, broke out into that inconsistent Behaviour, which must always be the Consequence of violent Passions"

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1743

"Pleasure and Pride, by nature mortal foes, / At war eternal which in man shall reign, / By Wit's address, patch up a fatal peace, / And hand in hand lead on the rank debauch, / From rank refined to delicate and gay."

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Date: 1743

"Nor is it strange; light, motion, concourse, noise, / All scatter us abroad; Thought, outward-bound, / Neglectful of our home-affairs, flies off / In fume and dissipation, quits her charge, / And leaves the breast unguarded to the foe."

— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)

Date: 1743

"Give, the Soul's Conquest, in the Plan's Extent"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1743

"But Passion's Phalanx, no calm Influence breaks; / Truth, till strong-mounted, ev'ry Danger shakes."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1743

"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."

— Wesley, John and Charles

Date: 1744

Beauty and the charms of a woman's conversation can make a conquest of a lover's heart far more complete than any prospect of interest could have done

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1744

"[Y]our eyes, at first sight, subdued my heart; but your virtue has since made a conquest of my soul"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)

Date: 1744

"[H]eaven will sure excuse the error of an inclination which is born with us, and which not all our reason is of force to conquer"

— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)