Date: 1769
"Do not be alarmed for me; reason and the impossibility of success will conquer my passion for this angelic woman"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1769
"That this preference had, however, been salutary, though painful; since it had determined her to conquer a passion, which could only make her life wretched if it continued."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
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)