Date: 1696
"'Twas not with ease the Usurper got Possession here (went she on; pointing to her Heart) nor will he be with ease dislodg'd. All the Sighs and Tears it cost Emilius to gain this Virgin Heart, to bind it in the Inchanting Chains of Tyrannick Love; I must, with Interest, pay back, e'er I can set t...
preview | full record— Pix, Mary (c.1666-1720)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"I can no longer withstand the too powerful Magick of your Eyes, nor deny any Thing that charming Tongue can ask; but now's the Time to prove your self a Heroe! subdue your self, as you have conquer'd me! be satisfied with vanquishing my Soul, fix there your Throne, but leave my Honour free!"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1723, 1725
"Beauclair was more gallant; and believing that if ever he desir'd any greater Testimonies of the Conquest he had made of her Heart, than what her Eyes declar'd, now was the Time to obtain them."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1726
"[I]n vain I strove to conquer a Passion that had mingled with my Soul, and reigned in every Vein"
preview | full record— Aubin, Penelope (1679?-1731?)
Date: 1751
"I still flatter'd myself, that I should be able to maintain the resolution I had taken, during my short disgrace, of conquering my coquettish inclinations: but an accidental sight of Dumont, (who bow'd to me as I pass'd, giving me, at the same time, a passionate look) immediately roused my sleep...
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)