Date: 1723, 1725

"AS Tapers languish at th' Approach of Day," and as the "Book of Fame" may be "Eraz'd and blotted," "So fully o'er the Soul may a lover's Influence reign, "That not one Rebel-Thought [its] Sway disdains"

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

Date: 1723, 1725

"I knew not how I should effect it, though a Multitude of Inventions crowded that Moment at once into my Head, and flatter'd me with some little Hopes."

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

Date: 1722, 1723

"For Jesus sake, remove not my Distress, / Till free Triumphant Grace shall Reposess / The Vacant Throne; from whence my Sins Depart, / And make a willing Captive of my Heart."

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

Date: 1722, 1723

The "Laws of Honour" may be "printed by the Laws of Nature in the Breast of a Soldier, or a Man of Honour"

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

Date: 1722, 1723

"Lord! whatsoever Sorrows Rack my Breast, / Till Crime removes too, let me find no Rest."

— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)

Date: 1692, 1724

"Alas, I saw you, my dearest Prince, and from that fatal Moment my Heart rebell'd against my Reason, and forced from me numberless Sighs."

— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)

Date: 1692, 1724

"I must confess, said she, I am no ways alarm'd to hear of the Prince's Passion for a fine Woman, and am vain enough to flatter my self, that when he sees me I shall have it in my Power to deface the Impression she might have made on his Heart."

— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)

Date: 1692, 1724

"I had but just cast my Eyes on the Picture, which was inclos'd, when I found such Motions in my Heart as surpriz'd me, being what I never felt before."

— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)

Date: 1692, 1724

"I shall have made the Conquest of his Heart before ever my Rival can be able to come and dispute it with me."

— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)

Date: 1692, 1724

"How difficult a Task will it be, to make an Impression on that unpractis'd Heart?"

— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)