Date: 1767
"Thou mayst remember after this period, that, sated with voluptuousness, thy licentious heart began to grow hardened; and from rioting without controul in pleasures, which, however criminal in themselves, carry at least with them the excuse of temptation, thou wantonly didst stir up, and indulge ...
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1769
"Deprived by their extreme ignorance, and that indolence which nothing but their ardor for war can surmount, of all the conveniencies, as well as elegant refinements of polished life; strangers to the softer passions, love being with them on the same footing as amongst their fellow-tenants of the...
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1776
"I am provoked at this natural incapacity of conveying my sentiments to you; words are but a cloak, or rather a clog, to our ideas; there should be no curtain before the hearts of friends; and the longing I have ever felt for an intuitive converse, is to me a strong argument for a future state."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Alarmed as all my passions were, her gentle accents vibrated upon my heart, and calmed each throbbing pulse."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"I have been long labouring to consider this idol of my heart as misers do their hidden treasure; though hopeless of enjoying it, yet while I thought 'twas safe, I could not look upon myself undone."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"My eyes are closed to beauty; I only feel its power, when I turn them inward, and gaze upon the image in my heart."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"O Charles! the treasures of my Lucy's mind have been concealed till now; beneath the mask of gaiety she hid the tenderest, noblest feelings of the heart, the justest sentiments, and the most perfect female understanding."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Can you, my once dear friend, without abhorrence, think of her who robbed you of a brother, and was the unhappy cause his pure and spotless soul was stained with blood?"
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1777
"She saw something like just drawing in the dark shades of his pencil, though the lines seemed a good deal exaggerated: she reflected, she doubted; but, after settling a balance in her mind, the found her own scale preponderate."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1777
"The eyes were the index of the mind--his had said--Good heavens! what had they not said?"
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)