Date: 1742
"But what hurt her most was, that in reality she had not so entirely conquered her Passion; the little God lay lurking in her Heart, tho' Anger and Disdain so hoodwinked her, that she could not see him"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Lady Booby found good Reason to doubt whether she had so absolutely conquered her Passion, as she had flattered herself"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
One may be "a great Enemy to the Passions" and, like Parson Adams, preach "nothing more than the Conquest of them by Reason and Grace"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Yes, Joseph, my Eyes whether I would or no, must have declared a Passion I cannot conquer"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1742
"Yes, I thank Heaven and my Pride, I have now perfectly conquered this unworthy Passion"
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1790
"With a soldier's care / He plan'd the conquest of Ophelia's heart/ and won it"
preview | full record— Hurdis, James (1763-1801)
Date: 1792
One can "wage war" on his own heart and "conquer it, or perish"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1792
"O, the fell conflict, the intestine strife, / This clash of good and evil, death and life! / What, what are all the wars of sea and wind, / Or wreck of matter, to This War of Mind?"
preview | full record— Brooke, Henry (c. 1703-1783)
Date: 1793
" When painful truths invade the mind, / Ev'n wisdom wishes to be blind, / And hates th' officious ray."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)