Date: 1777
"Where dwells the soul against Compassion steel'd, / Or who disdains the generous tear to yield?"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1777
"But though this inevitable alloy of weakness may frequently be found in the best characters, yet how can that be the source of triumph and exaltation to any, which, if properly weighed, must be the deepest motive of humiliation to all?"
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Date: 1777
"To conclude; Genius is a rare and precious gem, of which few know the worth; it is fitter for the cabinet of the connoisseur, than for the commerce of mankind."
preview | full record— More, Hannah (1745-1833)
Date: 1779
"Then steel your mind, to bear the story's horror."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1780
"I call not you!--for, oh, your callous bosoms / Fell Dissipation steels, and robs your minds / Of the sweet energies bestow'd by Heaven."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1780
"Forgive the frenzy of a heart unsteel'd / By disappointment's shocks."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1777, 1780
"Every succeeding idea was happiness without allay; and his mind was not idle a moment till the morning sun awakened him."
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1785
"Thus rust the Mind's best powers."
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1787
"Love was ever the touchstone to try the fine mind, / Sterling Virtue 'twill never debase; / No alloy can we know, from a passion refin'd,"
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)
Date: 1787
"Virtue sleeps / While all the finest faculties of mind / Rust, like the iron long unus'd"
preview | full record— Yearsley, Ann (bap. 1753, d. 1806)