Date: 1782
"My brain is on fire!"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"But a smooth and stedfast mind, / Gentle thought and calm desires, / Hearts in equal love combin'd, / Kindle never-dying fires; / Where these are not I despise / Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes."
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1784
"'Tis in Clarinda's charming mind, / The sweet attraction lies; / There all that fire and life we find, / That sparkles in her eyes."
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1788
"The ardent imagination of Delamere instantly caught fire."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1788
"A ray of fire seemed to flash across the imagination of Delamere, and to inflame all his hopes."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)