Date: 1728
"A Lover, when he is admitted to Cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the Motions of his Mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he shou'd be the Shadow of her Mind."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1728
"I know not why it is, but certainly a Woman is the least liable to play the Fool here; perhaps, the Hurry of Diversions and Company keep the Mind in too perpetual a Motion to let it fix on one Object."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1728
"Or canst Thou judge, by partial Passion blind?"
preview | full record— Pattison, William (1706-1727)
Date: 1735
"In vain my weeping eyes thy features traced / (And features speak the passions of the mind)".
preview | full record— Anonymous
Date: 1737
One shouldn't "dread th' Effects of all their treach'rous Arts, / Their boasted Stratagems to conquer Hearts"
preview | full record— Rowe [née Singer], Elizabeth (1674-1737)
Date: 1727, 1739
"My Heart, no Stranger to the Guest [Love], / Flutter'd, and labour'd in my Breast"
preview | full record— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod
Date: 1727, 1739
"That Bosom, where thy Image dwells!"
preview | full record— Broome, William (1689-1745); Hesiod
Date: 1740
"Love, Thy image love, impart, / Stamp it on our face and heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
" The universal pardon's past; / O seal it on my heart."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1741
"Thy long-suffering is salvation, / Not to seal souls for hell, / Not for man's damnation"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles