Date: 1797
"Though a lawless passion had first suggested to the dark mind of Schedoni the atrocious act, which should destroy a brother, many circumstances and considerations had conspired to urge him towards its accomplishment."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1798
"Agatha's heart is to be your judge."
preview | full record— Inchbald, Elizabeth (1753-1821); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1798
"It matters not, though gen'rous in their nature, / They yet may serve a most ungen'rous end; / And he who teaches men to think, though nobly, / Doth raise within their minds a busy judge / To scan his actions."
preview | full record— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)
Date: w. 1796, 1799
"Notwithstanding the law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
preview | full record— Osborn, Sarah (1714-1796)
Date: 1800
"So the schemes / Rais'd by fond Hope in youth's unclouded morn, / While sanguine youth enjoys delusive dreams, / Experience withers; till scarce one remains / Flattering the languid heart, where only Reason reigns!"
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1807, 1810
Genius may give an actor "despotic empire o'er the heart"
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Date: 1807, 1810
"Passions that now are but illusive deem'd, / Then shall their empire in thy heart attain"
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Date: 1808
A woman may stretch "her blameless empire o'er the heart."
preview | full record— Grant [née MacVicar], Anne (1755-1838)
Date: 1810
"Bid Rowe, bid Otway's magic softness rise, / Steal o'er his form, and languish in his eyes; / Melt in his voice, till Memory hints no more / The woes unreal; but, with forfeit power, / Resigns her empire o'er the yielding soul / To sighs and tears she ceases to controul."
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)
Date: 1810
"And, sexual pride subdued, at length disown / The Salique Law for Wit and Fancy's throne!"
preview | full record— Seward, Anna (1742-1809)