Date: 1762

"Her sensibility was never so strongly awakened; all her endeavours to restrain it were no longer of force, her heart returned his passion, and would have conquered every thing but her justice and her honour."

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

Date: 1762

"He reverenced and respected her like a divinity, but hoped that prudence might enable him to conquer his passion, at the same time that it had not force enough to determine him to fly her presence, the only possible means of lessening the impression which every hour engraved more deeply on his h...

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

Date: 1762

"Whatever glaring signs of Mr. Alworth's love appeared, she set them all down to the account of friendship; till at length his mind was so torn with grief and despair, that no longer able to conceal the cause of his greatest sufferings, he begged her to teach him how to conquer a passion, which, ...

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

Date: 1762

"But she carefully concealed these new sensations, in hopes that he would more easily conquer his passion, for not thinking it returned."

— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)

Date: 1763

"That he would himself assist her to conquer an inclination which is incompatible with the views which the most indulgent of parents entertains for her happiness?"

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1763

"The trial was too great for the softness of a heart like mine; I had almost conquered my own passion, when I became a victim to his."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1763

"How painful the conquest over the sweetest affections of the human heart! "

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1763

"I feel a horror I cannot conquer at the idea of ever receiving the visit your Lordship has proposed; but conscious of the injustice of indulging it, I sacrifice it to our antient friendship, and only postpone, not refuse, the visit."

— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)

Date: 1765 [1764]

"Jerome was heartily grieved to discover his son's inclination for that Princess; and leaving him to his rest; promised in the morning to acquaint him with important reasons for conquering his passion."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)

Date: 1765 [1764]

"Theodore had almost declared for her rival, made her determine to conquer her passion, and cede the beloved object to her friend."

— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)