Most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction to good Sense; for who, with the right use of that, wou'd lose the Enjoyment of a present… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
These are the lords That have bought titles: men may merchandise Wares, ay and traffic in all commodities From sea to sea, and from… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do,… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
“THEY pass’d the Time of their Journey in as much Happiness as the most luxurious Gratification of wild Desires could make them; and when… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
“of every Perfection to endear him to a Wife’s Affections. — But, notwithstanding, I look on myself as the most unhappy of my Sex… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
“She was young, a Stranger to the World, and consequently to the Dangers of it; and having no Body in Town, at that Time,… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
“She said little in answer to the strenuous Pressures with which at last he ventur’d to enfold her, but not thinking it Decent, for… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
“– Her Design was once more to engage him, to hear him sigh, to see him languish, to feel the strenuous Pressures of his eager Arms, to be compelled, to be sweetly forc’d to what she wished with equal Ardour, was what she wanted, and what she had form’d a Stratagem to obtain, in which she promis’d herself Success. SHE” — Eliza Haywood Copy Share
“In fine, that it is not enough to be good, without behaving in such a manner as shall make others acknowledge us to be… — Eliza Haywood Copy Share Image
