Date: 1717
"Against my self my rebel Passions arm; / They bound within my Breast to meet this Victor."
preview | full record— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)
Date: 1720
A woman's "Victorious Charms" may may a conquest o'er a lover's heart
preview | full record— Brown, Thomas (bap. 1663, d. 1704)
Date: 1723, 1740
"A Heart by Kindness only gain'd, / Will a dear Conquest prove"
preview | full record— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)
Date: 1728
"If Love the Virgin's Heart invade, / How, like a Moth, the simple Maid / Still plays about the Flame!"
preview | full record— Gay, John (1685-1732)
Date: 1736
Love and Reason may make war within one's breast
preview | full record— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)
Date: 1742
God may "conquer my rebellious will, / And bid my murmuring heart 'Be Still.'"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1743
"My soul is more than conqueror, / And strong in strength invincible."
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1747
"Love only could conquer so stubborn an heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: 1747
Jesus can vindicate his "right Divine" and "Conquer this rebellious heart"
preview | full record— Wesley, John and Charles
Date: August 12, 1738, to Nov. 1, 1739 [1748]
"As to the Outward Manner You speak of, wherein most of them were affected who were cut to the Heart by the Sword of Spirit, no wonder that this was at first surprising to You, since they are indeed so very rare, that have been thus prick'd and wounded."
preview | full record— Wesley, John (1703-1791)