"This rising day / Saw Sophonisba, from the height of life, / Thrown to the very brink of slavery: / State, honours, armies vanquish'd; nothing left / But her own great unconquerable mind."
The Tragedy of Sophonisba
At least 22 entries in the ESTC (1730, 1735, 1736, 1738, 1744, ).<br>
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See James Thomas. <u>The Tragedy of Sophonisba</u>. London: Printed for A. Millar, 1730. &lt;<a href="http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=chadwyck_evd/uvaGenText/tei/chevd_V2.0353.xml;brand=default;">Link to UVA Library</a>&gt;