Date: 1777

"The most pointed satire I remember to have read, on a mind enslaved by anger, is an observation of Seneca's."

— More, Hannah (1745-1833)

Date: 1777

"But the heart, that natural seat of evil propensities, that little troublesome empire of the passions, is led to what is right by slow motions and imperceptible degrees."

— More, Hannah (1745-1833)

Date: 1777

"Lord Melvile had courage to persevere in advancing, though Dorignon's idea perpetually obtruded itself on his imagination; the charms of her form indeed were not such as justified his infatuation; she was, in respect to personal attractions, much below mediocrity; but her sprightly sallies, her ...

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1777

"His heart, for a moment, revolted at the idea of seduction; but he soon silenced the unwelcome monitor."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1778, 1779

"As soon would I discuss the effect of sound with the deaf, or the nature of colours with the blind, as aim at illuminating with conviction a mind so warped by prejudice, so much the slave of unruly and illiberal passions."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1778, 1779

"I know that, upon first hearing, this plan conveys ideas that must shock you; but I know too, that your mind is superior to being governed by prejudices, or to opposing any important cause on account of a few disagreeable attendant circumstances."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1778, 1779

"The hint thrown out concerning myself, is wholly unintelligible to me: my heart, I dare own, fully acquits me of vice, but without blemish, I have never ventured to pronounce myself."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1780

"Reason, (weak empress of the mind) / To passion had the helm consign'd"

— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)

Date: 1780

Virtue and "this virtues woman" may be "first ruling passions"

— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)

Date: 1780

"Reason's empire never knew a slave, / Her sway is gentle and her laws are kind"

— Steele, Anne (1717-1778)