Date: 1773

"I confess Wilville raised emotions in my breast, I had till then been a stranger to"

— Hitchcock, Robert (d. 1809)

Date: 1773

"Her mind, pure and spotless as new-drifted snow, cou'd not so soon be tainted."

— Hitchcock, Robert (d. 1809)

Date: 1774

"Oh, there's been precious doings with the Hearts of Steel"

— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)

Date: 1774

"The nymph, who in my bosom reigns, / With such full force my heart enchains, / That nothing ever can impair / The empire she possesses there."

— Dibdin, Charles (bap. 1745, d. 1814)

Date: 1775

The mind may be "weak and sickly"

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

A heart may glow with pure Julian fire

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

Love and fear may dry up "soft springs of pity" in the heart and freeze them

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

One's thought may ache at someone

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

An "unquenchable" spark may glow within the breast and blaze into freedom

— Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

Date: 1775

Faded ideas float in the fancy like half-forgotten dreams

— Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816)