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)
Date: 1790
"Alas! when an impassioned mind, wounded by indifference, attempts recrimination, it is like a naked and bleeding Indian attacking a man arrayed in complete armour, whose fortified bosom no stroke can penetrate, while every blow which indignant anguish rashly aims, recoils on the unguarded heart."
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Date: 1790
"In vain we may lament the loss of our tranquillity; for peace, like the wandering dove, has forsaken its habitation in the bosom, and will return no more."
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Date: 1791
"Madame forbore for the present to ask any questions that might lead to a discovery of her connections, or seem to require an explanation of the late adventure, which now furnishing her with a new subject of reflection, the sense of her own misfortunes pressed less heavily upon her mind."
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Date: 1791
"'Long suffering,' said La Motte, 'has subdued in our minds that elastic energy, which repels the pressure of evil, and dances to the bound of joy.'"
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