Date: 1754
"The original, from whence [a painter] draws his copy, is an outward object, and his picture, when finish'd, is address'd to the visual sense: whereas the original, from whence the [poet] takes copy, is perceived by the mind's eye, and address'd also to the mental perception of his reader."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)
Date: 1754
"If invention then be only a capacity of finding, and not of creating, we must endeavour (if we would exercise this faculty) to to keep our mind's eye open, and on the search, and not close it up by bending all our thoughts on the gratification of some present humour"
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)
Date: 1759
"The Lady, who now engrossed all Lord Dellwyn's Panegyric, did indeed deserve much more than he could pay, having risen to a Degree of Excellence far above his Lordship's Comprehension; his Mind's Eye, according to Hamlet's Expression, was so shortsighted, it could only disti...
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1761
"As I have an implicit faith in this good woman's skill, I remained perfectly satisfied with the judgment she had pronounced; and agreeing with her, that the sickness of the mind was beyond the power of medicine to reach."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1762
"I learnt, that when these people were first rescued out of their misery, their healths were much impaired, and their tempers more so: to restore the first, all medicinal care was taken, and air and exercise assisted greatly in their recovery; but to cure the malady of the mind, and conquer that ...
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1762
"She had learnt, that to give pain was immoral; and could no more have borne to have shocked any person's mind, than to have racked his body."
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1763
"How shall I, without wounding a passion which bears no restraint, hint to him my wishes, that he would sacrifice that love, which can only by its continuance make him wretched, to Lady Julia's peace of mind!"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1776
"But various are the effects of the same disease, upon the human body, and as various are the effects of the self-same passion upon the human mind.--I think that last a good pretty philosophical sort of a sentence.--'Tis poetical, at least."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"O Lucy, if you ever loved me, strive, I conjure you, to assuage her gentle sorrows, and pour the balm of friendship on her wounded heart!"
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)