Date: 1753

Man stole the "Mimic Arts at first from Heav'n ... To fill the fairest Mansions of the Soul"

— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

Date: 1753

Ambition may ascend to her Throne "Whilst ev'ry Kindred Grace her Queen attends"

— Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

Date: 1753

"Bless his protective hand, that calls out Arts, / And hail his Empire, o'er a people's hearts."

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

Love may "To slighted beauty .. new powers impart: / And stretch the aided empire of the heart"

— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)

Date: 1753

The "Sunshine of a northern Beauty is too feeble to thaw the icy Heart of a French Courtier"

— Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)

Date: 1753

He had before this time, been smit with the ambition of making a conquest of the young lady's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

A man may cunningly cater for the gratification of a woman's ruling appetite and gain upon her heart making with rapidity conquest over the affections

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

Extraordinary accomplishments may make a conquest of a woman's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

The conquest of a certain heart may cost a thousand times more labour and address than all previous victories

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1780?

"Lust is the unbridled Horse of the Soul that has thrown its Rider."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)