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Date: 1744, 1753
"I can now sit in my Bed with a calm Resignation, to which my conquered Mind has been long a Stranger."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1744, 1753
"At last it came into my head to try if he was generous enough to conquer his own Passion, rather than be the Cause of my being unhappy."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1744, 1753
"CAMILLA heard him out, and then told him, she would do any thing in her power to serve him; but advised him, if possible, to try to conquer his Passion."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1751
"I still flatter'd myself, that I should be able to maintain the resolution I had taken, during my short disgrace, of conquering my coquettish inclinations: but an accidental sight of Dumont, (who bow'd to me as I pass'd, giving me, at the same time, a passionate look) immediately roused my sleep...
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1751
Beauty may "take the senses as it were by surprise; but the impression soon wears off, and the captivated heart regains its former liberty"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1751
"Would it were possible, returned I, (without minding his compliment) to make a conquest of that inexorable heart of his!"
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1751
"'Yes, indeed,' added miss Betsy, "and threatens terrible things to every one, who should dare to dispute the conquest of my heart with him'"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1751
One may make "a conquest of a heart, without knowing it, which not the utmost endeavours of any other could ever subdue"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1751
"During our little walk he entertained me with a thousand encomiums on my person, assuring me I had made an absolute conquest of his heart"
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
Date: 1751
"A heart so capable of feeling all the force of love, must be a conquest worthy the most ardent pursuits"
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)
