Date: 1800
"Every sense was an inlet of pleasure, because it was an avenue to knowledge; and my soul brooded over the world of ideas, and glowed with exultation at the grandeur and beauty of its own creations"
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Date: 1800
"[I]f my heart thus bounds till its mansion scarcely hold it, what must be my state tomorrow!"
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Date: 1814
"The solemn procession, headed by Baddely, of tea-board, urn, and cake-bearers, made its appearance, and delivered her from a grievous imprisonment of body and mind."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)