Date: 1796
"Behold the wretch, who from that cavern [a madhouse?--"Sad habitation of the lost, insane"] flies, / Hell in his heart, destruction in his eyes"
preview | full record— Merry, Robert (1755-1798)
Date: February 2, 1796
"But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: February 2, 1796
"Her heart's like a lemon, so nice, / She carves for each lover a slice."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: 1796
"Say, ye who balance things in reason's scale, / Does Magnanimity soar a pitch more high, / When Majesty listens to a trifler's tale?-- / Or when Humanity scorns to hurt a fly?"
preview | full record— Bishop, Samuel (1731-1795)
Date: w. 1788-93, 1796 (rev. 1815, 1827, 1837, 1897)
"My personal freedom had been somewhat impaired by the House of Commons and the Board of Trade; but I was now delivered from the chain of duty and dependence, from the hopes and fears of political adventure: my sober mind was no longer intoxicated by the fumes of party, and I rejoiced in my escap...
preview | full record— Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Date: w. 1788-93, 1796 (rev. 1815, 1827, 1837, 1897)
"By many, conversation is esteemed as a theatre or a school: but, after the morning has been occupied by the labours of the library, I wish to unbend rather than to exercise my mind; and in the interval between tea and supper I am far from disdaining the innocent amusement of a game at cards."
preview | full record— Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Date: 1796
"Who but myself has passed the ordeal of youth, yet sees no single stain upon his conscience?"
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"Pleasure fled, and Shame usurped her seat in his bosom."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"The pleasures which he had just tasted for the first time were still impressed upon his mind: his brain was bewildered, and presented a confused chaos of remorse, voluptuousness, inquietude, and fear."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"Frequent repetitions made him familiar with sin, and his bosom became proof against the stings of conscience."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)