Date: 1790
"She seemed to have entered upon a new state of existence;--those fine springs of affection which had hitherto lain concealed, were now touched, and yielded to her a happiness more exalted than any her imagination had ever painted."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"But what where the various sensations which pressed upon her heart, on learning that she had wept over the resemblance of her mother!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"The image of Vereza, notwithstanding, would frequently intrude upon her fancy; and awakening the recollection of happy emotions, would call forth a sigh which all her efforts could not suppress."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"A thousand sweet and mingled emotions pressed upon her heart, yet she scarcely dared to trust the evidence of sight."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"This speech fell like the dart of death upon the heart of Julia."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"A variety of new emotions pressed at her heart, and subdued her spirits."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"Her conscience whispered her that the dislike was mutual; and she now rejoiced in the opportunity which seemed to offer itself, of lowering the proud integrity of Madame's character."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"When the search was over, and he became convinced she was fled; the deep workings of his disappointed passions fermented into rage which exceeded all bounds."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"His mind was not yet sufficiently hardened by guilt to repel the arrows of conscience, and his imagination responded to her power."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"Such services, when weighed in the scale of reason, may prove rigorously just, but, in the balance of love, they will be found wanting. The head may understand the general theory of kindness, but the heart only can practise the detail; as the sculptor can give to marble an expression of human fe...
preview | full record— Williams, Helen Maria (1759-1827)