Date: 1723, 1735
One may fear a growing empire in another's heart
preview | full record— Hildebrand, Jacob (1692/3-1739)
Date: 1723, 1740
"My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs, / I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own."
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1723, 1740
"My Tongue has slipp'd, and quite deceiv'd my Heart, / That melts like Wax before your hottest Anger"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1723, 1740
"Not the most tempting Charms of Wit, or Worth, / Most graceful Forms, or dazling Shew of Greatness, / Can make Impression on a Mind like her's"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1724
"[T]he dear, the happy Secret safe lodg'd within my Soul, shou'd take no Air, nor let in the least room for a Conjecture"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1724
"Thy fears are the wild coinage of thy fancy."
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Date: 1724
"Sad, for the Tragic Scene, your Hearts prepare, / Where Love kills Friendship, and awakes Despair; / Where cherish'd Mischiefs tow'r above Controul, / And warring Passions rend the tortur'd Soul!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1724
"That fiery thought / Glows in my breast; and as I weigh my wrongs, / I swell like Ætna, when her sulph'rous rage / Bursts o'er the earth, and rolls in floods of fire."
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Date: 1724
"But what is conscience?--a thin empty name, / That terrifies, like ghosts, by fancy rais'd."
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)
Date: 1724
"This last night's blessing crown'd my warmest wish, / And kindling fancy from the thought takes fire!"
preview | full record— Savage, Richard (1697/8-1743)