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."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1778, 1779
"A confused idea now for the first time entered my head, something I had heard of the rules of assemblies; but I was never at one before,--I have only danced at school,--and so giddy and heedless I was, that I had not once considered the impropriety of refusing one partner, and afterwards accepti...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"I was thunderstruck at the recollection: but, while these thoughts were rushing into my head, Lord Orville, with some warmth, said, 'This lady, Sir, is incapable of meriting such an accusation!'"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"Almost instantly, the whole truth of the transaction seemed to rush upon her mind, and her wrath was inconceivably violent."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)