Date: 1751

One may look upon his love for a woman "as a passion which it was necessary, at any rate, to conquer or suppress"

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

He had before this time, been smit with the ambition of making a conquest of the young lady's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

A man may cunningly cater for the gratification of a woman's ruling appetite and gain upon her heart making with rapidity conquest over the affections

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

Extraordinary accomplishments may make a conquest of a woman's heart

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1753

The conquest of a certain heart may cost a thousand times more labour and address than all previous victories

— Smollett, Tobias (1721-1777)

Date: 1754, 1762

"So great was Charles’s aversion to violent and sanguinary measures, and so strong his affection to his native kingdom, that, it is probable, the contest in his breast would be nearly equal between these laudable passions, and his attachment to the hierarchy."

— Hume, David (1711-1776)

Date: 1759

"This order of passions, according to this system, was of a more generous and noble nature than the other. They were considered upon many occasions as the auxiliaries of reason, to check and restrain the inferior and brutal appetites. We are often angry at ourselves, it was observed, we often bec...

— Smith, Adam (1723-1790)

Date: 1760, 1850

One may hope "to find / An easy conquest o'er a woman's mind"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

Date: 1760, 1850

An "anxious tender air / Proves o'er her heart the conquest won"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)

Date: 1760, 1850

"Say, youth, and can'st thou keep secure / Thy heart from conquering beauty's power?"

— Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754)