Date: 1703

"Thou know'st thy Rule, thy Empire in Horatio, / Nor canst thou ask in vain, command in vain, / Where Nature, Reason, nay where Love is Judge."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

Date: 1705

"Love is th' unlimited Passion of the Mind, it ranges unconfin'd by Law or Reason"

— Johnson, Charles (1679-1748); Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)

Date: 1705

"You must know, that as Jealous as Old Diego is, Jealousie is not his Predominant Passion, for he is the very Genius and Dæmon of Covetuousness."

— Dennis, John (1658-1734)

Date: 1706

"And therefore wert thou bred to virtuous Knowledge, / And Wisdom early planted in thy Soul; / That thou might'st know to rule thy fiery Passions, / To bind their Rage, and stay their headlong Course."

— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)

Date: 1706

"There's but one Way however to resent it from a Woman; and that's to drive her bravely from your Heart, and place a worthier in her vacant Throne."

— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)

Date: 1706

"Now with Submission to my Betters, I have another way, Sir; I'll drive my Tyrant from my Heart, and place my self in her Throne."

— Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726)

Date: 1706

Reason may still keep "its Throne, but it nods a little"

— Farquhar, George (1676/7-1707)

Date: 1706

Honour may reign in the breast of "Gracious Anna"

— D'Urfey, Thomas (1653?-1723)

Date: 1707

"Lost in Labyrinths of Love, / My Breast with hoarded Vengeance burns, / While Fear and Rage / With Hope engage, / And rule my wav'ring Soul by turns."

— Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)

Date: 1707

"Let your own Heart be Judge."

— Cibber, Colley (1671-1757)