"The Count had never yet seen a Beauty formidable enough to give him an Hour's Uneasiness (purely for the Sake of Love) and would often say, Cupid's Quiver never held an Arrow of force to reach his Heart; those little Delicacies, those trembling aking Transports, which every Sight of the belov'd Object occasions, and so visibly distinguishes a real Passion from a Counterfeit, he look'd on as the Chimera's of an idle Brain, form'd to inspire Notions of an imaginary Bliss, and make Fools lose themselves in seeking; or if they had a Being, it was only in weak Souls, a kind of a Disease with which he assur'd himself he should never be infected."
Love in Excess: or the Fatal Enquiry, a Novel
At least 12 entries in ESTC (1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1732, 1742).<br>
<br>
Published in 3 parts in 1719-1720. &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75397">Part 1, ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75398">Part 2, ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75399">Part 3, ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
See Eliza Haywood, <u>Love in Excess: or the Fatal Enquiry, a Novel</u> (London: Printed for W. Chetwood; and R. Francklin; and sold by J. Roberts, 1719). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111942655&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
Text from Vol. 1 of <u>Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.</u> (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T66936">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000030088:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;