Date: 1766
A father may think it his duty to conquer faults in his child "which, when strengthened by time and habit, must prove incorrigible"
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Date: 1766
One "might find it necessary to his ease, to conquer passions which he durst not indulge"
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Date: 1766
"[I]t was a truth her reason could more easily perceive, than her heart feel, for it was steeled by habit"
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Date: 1766
One may suffer in the interior of his or her heart by the decease of another
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1766
"[A] little cunning is sufficient to enable us to take advantage of the discovery; for cunning attains its little ends more surely than wisdom; like the despicable mole which works its way through the greatest mountains, while the noble lion cannot penetrate one foot deep into the earth"
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Date: 1767
"If this be all, cried Nourjahad, then am I sure I shall never incur the penalty; for though I mean to enjoy all the pleasures that life can bestow, yet am I a stranger to my own heart, if it ever lead me to the wilful commission of a crime."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1767
"It is not, replied the sultan, with a mildness chastened with gravity, it is not for mortal eyes to penetrate into the close recesses of the human heart
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Date: 1767
"His mind, however, was by pleasure rendered too volatile to suffer any thing to make a lasting impression on him; and he had still too many resources of happiness in his power, to give himself up to despair."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1767
"He gave the reins to his passions; he again became the slave of voluptuous appetites."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)
Date: 1767
"The vacancy he found in his heart was insupportable."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)