Date: 1749

Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek authors "elevate the Mind, and steel and harden it against the capricious Invasions of Fortune."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"By this friendly Aid of Fear, Conscience obtained a compleat Victory in the Mind of Black George, and after making him a few Compliments on his Honesty, forced him to deliver the Money to Jones."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"Molly was charmed with the first Opportunity she had ever had of shewing her Beauty to Advantage; for though she could very well bear to contemplate herself in the Glass, even when drest in Rags; and though she had in that Dress conquered the Heart of Jones, and perhaps of some others; yet she t...

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"Among other of his Conquests, this Fellow had triumphed over the Heart of Betty Seagrim."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"In short, no sooner had the amorous Parley ended, and the Lady had unmasked the Royal Battery, by carelessly letting her Handkerchief drop from her Neck, than the Heart of Mr. Jones was entirely taken, and the fair Conqueror enjoyed the usual Fruits of her Victory."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"Mr. Fitzpatrick would never have found sufficient Opportunities to have engaged my Heart, which, in other Circumstances, I still flatter myself would not have been an easy Conquest to such a Person."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

Date: 1749

"He told his Nephew, 'he wished with all his Heart he would endeavour to conquer a Passion, in which I cannot,' says he, 'flatter you with any Hopes of succeeding."

— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

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...

— 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"

— 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!"

— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)