Date: 1782
"Perish the barb'rous maxims of the East, / Which basely wou'd enslave the free-born mind, / And plunder it of the best gift of Heav'n, / Its liberty!"
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Date: 1783
"To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1783
"I tremble at the impression this lovely girl has made upon my heart."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1784
Vanity is more a man's ruling passion than a woman's
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1784
"I love to weep, love the soft feast of grief, / Court mournful thoughts, nor ever wish relief;-- / Sadness I woo, yet still the phantom flies, / And joy seduces, whilst I ask for sighs."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1786
"But your humanity must ever be engraved on my heart."
preview | full record— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)
Date: 1786
"Nay, with every other person 'tis the same thing--If we are stuffed into a coach, with a little chattering pert Miss, "Oh dear, Mr. Anthony Euston, you must not ride backwards, here is room for you on this seat--and Mr. Euston, I know, will like one seat as well as another"--and then am...
preview | full record— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)
Date: 1788
"The mind's disease, perhaps, I'm not less a stranger to--Oh! trust the noble patient to my care."
preview | full record— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)
Date: 1789
"A passion like mine, makes the heart rebellious--it will love on--it will hope, in spite of the rules cold reason dictates"
preview | full record— Inchbald [née Simpson], Elizabeth (1753-1821)