Date: November 25, 1773
"You've seen me round the bickers reel / Wi' heart as hale as temper'd steel,"
preview | full record— Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774)
Date: 1774
"Their hearts of comfort felt no ray."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1774
"Her charms my raptur'd eyes detain'd, / Her virtues conquer'd all my soul"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1774
"Oh! what is liberty regain'd, / When endless chains the mind controul?"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1774
"His breast, with native courage steel'd, / On fear could ne'er one thought bestow"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1774
"Sweet peace of mind! seraphic guest! / How long thy absence shall I mourn?"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1774
"For hell is center'd in my breast, / There still its hottest fervours burn"
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1776
"Oft let remembrance sooth his mind / With dreams of former days, / When in the lap of Peace reclined / He framed his infant lays; / When Fancy roved at large, nor Care / Nor cold Distrust alarm'd, / Nor Envy with malignant glare / His simple youth had harm'd."
preview | full record— Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Date: 1776
The ruling passion of an author may be "strongly marked in his writings"
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)
Date: 1776
Oblivion may throw "Her dark blank shades" o'er your mind
preview | full record— Mickle, William Julius [formerly William Meikle] (1734-1788)