Tipper, John (1663–1713)

A Discourse of the Nature of Love [from The Ladies Diary]

London

Printed by J. Wilde

1710

"But LOVE slides in so secretly, that it is impossible to observe its Entry or its Progress; like a mask’d Enemy, it advanceth and seizeth all parts of the Soul, before it is discovered: When there is no means to be found to get him out, then he triumphs, and Wisdom and Reason must become his Slaves."

We shall not here undertake to give an account of all its Disorders, neither will we stain this Discourse with the Blood and Infamy it hath brought into Families and States, let it suffice to say, LOVE is the most dangerous Enemy Wisdom can have; for it is only LOVE against whom she hath no Defence. Those that enter violently into the Mind, are but almost of a Moments continuance; those that enter by slow degrees, she soon perceives and stops their Progress. But LOVE slides in so secretly, that it is impossible to observe its Entry or its Progress; like a mask’d Enemy, it advanceth and seizeth all parts of the Soul, before it is discovered: When there is no means to be found to get him out, then he triumphs, and Wisdom and Reason must become his Slaves.
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Tipper, John, The Ladies Diary, or, the Woman's Almanack (London: Printed by J. Wilde, 1710).

07/09/2025