Date: 1744
"but the French being a people in whom the love of glory is the predominant passion, were more than any other nation charmed with the greatness of that prince's soul."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1744
"[W]e are here idle at present, but shall not long be so; and you will have occasions enough to prove your courage, and gratify that love of arms which, my brother informs me, is the predominant passion of your soul."
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Date: 1744, 1868
God may "fix in every sinless heart / His throne of everlasting love."
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Date: 1747
Jesus can vindicate his "right Divine" and "Conquer this rebellious heart"
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Date: 1749
"With distant Voice neglected Virtue calls, / Less heard, and less the faint Remonstrance falls; / Tir'd with Contempt, she quits the slipp'ry Reign, / And Pride and Prudence take her Seat in vain."
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Date: 1749
God may one's "longing heart vouchsafe to make / [His] everlasting throne"
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Date: 1749
God may "Come quickly" and "in every heart / Set up [His] throne of love
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Date: 1749
"Long did our lusts and passions reign, / And ruled us with an iron rod"
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Date: Saturday, August 25, 1750
In "the seats of innocence and tranquility ... where I should see reason exerting her sovereignty over life, without any interruption from envy, avarice, or ambition, and every day passing in such a manner as the severest wisdom should approve."
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Date: Tuesday, April 24, 1750
"Those sudden bursts of rage generally break out upon small occasions; for life, unhappy as it is, cannot supply great evils as frequently as the man of fire thinks it fit to be enraged; therefore the first reflection upon his violence must shew him that he is mean enough to be driven from his po...
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