Date: 1754

"I found I had given a loose to a passion which had no other end but to make me frantic, and consequently miserable; and yet insupportable as my life was, and altho' the alteration of Eustace had taken from me the gratification of this whirlwind of passion, yet was I caught in such a snare...

— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)

Date: 1754

"I resolved to make the experiment whether you could conquer your passion when your esteem was lost"

— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)

Date: 1754

"The more desirable the object, the nobler the conquest of your passion, if it is to be overcome"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may take pains to conquer "sudden gusts of passion"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may resolve "either to conquer [a] passion, or die"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may "sacrifice even her religion, if it were insisted upon, to the passion she had so long in vain endeavoured to conquer"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may endeavor to conquer her passion

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

"my conquest of my passion is at least as glorious for me, as his is for him"

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

One may propose a tour in order to conquer a passion and establish his health

— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)

Date: 1754

Two charming maids may be "By nature form'd to conquer hearts"

— Jeffreys, George (1678-1755)