Date: 1758

"Such a one is the Person, who ought to be publicly lamented, for the Misfortunes into which he is fallen: not, by Heaven, either he who is born or dies; but he, whom it hath befallen while he lives to lose what is properly his own: not his paternal Possessions, his paultry Estate, or his House, ...

— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)

Date: 1777

"Good sense is a bank-bill, convenient for change, negotiable at all times, and current in all places."

— More, Hannah (1745-1833)

Date: 1796

"And Eugenia, to whose early reflecting mind every new character and new scene opened a fresh fund for thought, if not for knowledge, was charmed to take a nearer view of what promised such food for observation."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)