Date: 1717

"He has recited all his warlike Deeds, / To make Impression on your grateful Heart.:

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1717

"If once the Queen be parted from the Prince, / The Lustre of a Crown will soon efface / Th'Impression made upon a Woman's Heart."

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1717

"My Breast, my inward Soul is glowing hot, / It burns, it rages with devouring Fires."

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1718

"I Love this worthy Gentleman, so worthy, / That Hand and Heart that I have seal'd his for ever."

— Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724); Theobald, Lewis (1688-1744)

Date: 1718

"There's not room in a Woman's Heart for more than one Object at a time."

— Molloy, Charles (d. 1767)

Date: 1718

"Pierce this treacherous Heart, which Vice so long has held in Chains."

— Molloy, Charles (d. 1767)

Date: 1781

"Pardon me, madam, his heart was not only free from that lady's chains, but absolutely captivated by another."

— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)

Date: January 16, 1719

"Sophronia, now, mark her, if she takes a right turn now, I shall see her whole Heart naked, and Judge accordingly."

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)

Date: 1719

"The Absence of an old Mistress makes room for a new one--Therefore I have blotted her from my Fancy, like a Painter that strikes one form out of his Cloth, to lay in another."

— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)

Date: January 16, 1719

"No, Madam, I say, not that I mean to use my Power, I tell you only what it is, my Heart has broke your Chain, I claim no Right over you."

— Johnson, Charles (1679?-1748)