Date: 1754

One may take pains to conquer "sudden gusts of passion"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may resolve "either to conquer [a] passion, or die"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may "sacrifice even her religion, if it were insisted upon, to the passion she had so long in vain endeavoured to conquer"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may endeavor to conquer her passion

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

"my conquest of my passion is at least as glorious for me, as his is for him"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may propose a tour in order to conquer a passion and establish his health

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

"In a bosom inhabited by the dextra some comfort arises, even from despair of any pleasure which was once a favourite pursuit: for the very impossibility of obtaining our wish, makes us in earnest endeavour to conquer such a fruitless inclination: whereas on the contrary, in the bosom inhabited b...

— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)

Date: 1754

Two charming maids may be "By nature form'd to conquer hearts"

— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)

Date: 1754

"Look in my face; and, could my heart lie bare, / The Father would be seen engraven there"

— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)

Date: 1754

"The character he has given you, Sir, is stamped in your countenance"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)