Date: 1710

A bishop may indulge "amorous Vein" and make "as many Conquests over the Bodies of the fair Sex, as of their Souls"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1710

London ladies are "All looking upwards, aiming with their Darts / To wound the Rich, and conquer wealthy Hearts"

— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

Date: 1710

"What stingy Avarice invades thy Mind?"

— Ward, Edward (1667-1731)

Date: 1713

"At others [other times], to be present when a battel or a storm raged, or a glittering palace rose in his imagination"

— Berkeley, George (1685-1753)

Date: 1713

"Imperial Reason keeps her awful Throne, / Above the Tumult reigns unmov'd alone: / At her Command intestine Discords cease, / And all th' inferiour Pow'rs lie hush'd in Peace."

— Trapp, Joseph (1679-1747)

Date: 1713

"Since we have made this Breach in her Heart, my Lad, there is now no fear of gaining the Citadel."

— Gay, John (1685-1732)