Date: 1792
"But the properties of the mind elude the frail laws of hereditary descent, and own no sort of obedience to their authority"
preview | full record— Richardson, Joseph (1755-1803)
Date: 1792
"No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses"
preview | full record— Richardson, Joseph (1755-1803)
Date: 1794
"To each heart pale fear's a stranger, / Honour bids us to the fight."
preview | full record— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)
Date: 1794
"No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: 1794
"My heart is in your chains, and I must follow."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1794
"True Madam! But how hard to feign a merriment to which the heart's a stranger!"
preview | full record— Dudley, Sir Henry Bate (1745-1824)
Date: 1795
"I'm only a living volume, and if you will peruse my thoughts, you'll read of nothing but yourself --you are engraved here in indelible letters"
preview | full record— Reynolds, Frederick (1764-1841)
Date: 1795
One may have a heart of the noblest stamp
preview | full record— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Date: 1795
"Lady Ruby is the loadstone that draws away every particle of steel that shou'd fortify my heart, and leaves it weaker than a woman's tear."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1795
"You should not soften, but steel my heart!"
preview | full record— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)