Date: 1754
"At the early age of six years old I lost my father; yet his precepts were the principal foundation of all the instructions I afterwards received: for young as I was, he perceived (he said) the openings of a lively imagination; which, if directed into a right channel, would turn to my advantage, ...
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)
Date: 1754
"Yet such horrid thoughts, my sister, have risen in your Amanda's breast, but thanks to the mercy and grave of my redeemer, they past hastily through my bosom, and from the extreme wretchedness of my earthly situation (for surely no torment can be greater to a tender heart, than the breaking up a...
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768) and Jane Collier (bap. 1715, d. 1755)
Date: 1759
"From the very kind and warm Expressions of fatherly Fondness in this Letter, a small Ray of Hope darted into Lady Dellwyn's Mind."
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1763
"A thousand sweet ideas rise in my mind. My heart dances with pleasure."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1767
"A holy ardor was kindled in his breast, which he had never felt before; he found his faculties enlarged, his mind was transported above this world; he felt as it were unimbodied, and an involuntary adjuration burst from his lips."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1776
"A thousand disagreeable images rushed on my imagination, in that instant, I crushed their growth, and talked of India, of my other sisters, Lucy, and Mrs. Selwyn, and of you also, till we were summoned to the saloon, where supper was prepared for me."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Indeed, I fear Sir James is posting to destruction; the company he keeps must sink his mind as well as his fortune."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"The beautiful and sublime are here mingled in the superlative degree; the great Creator's works, unspoiled by art, rush on the mind, and fill it with delight and awe."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Long has the idea wandered through my mind--Long have I languished for that peaceful haven, in which this tempest-beaten bark can only anchor."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"A thousand wild vagaries now rushed into my troubled brain."
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