Date: 1794
"One of those instantaneous and unaccountable convictions, which sometimes conquer even strong minds, impressed her with its horror."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1796
"Camilla remained in a state of accumulated distress, that knew not upon what object most to dwell: her father, shocked and irritated beyond the mild endurance of his character; her brother, wantonly sporting with his family's honour, and his own morals and reputation; her uncle, preparing for nu...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1796
"The speeches of the unsuspicious Eugenia, that a moment before would have past unheeded, now regaled her renovated fancy with a thousand amusing images, which so vigorously struggled against her sadness and her terrors, that they were soon nearly driven from the field by their sportive assailant...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1814
"The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other, I believe; and the influence of the place and of example may often rouse better feelings than are begun with."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1816
"It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!"
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)