Date: 1722
"[B]ut he was really to be pityed in one respect that he seem'd to be a good sort of a Man in himself; a Gentleman that had no harm in his Design; a Man of Sense, and of a fine Behaviour; a comely handsome Person, a sober and solid Countenance, a charming beautiful Face, and every thing that cou'...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722
"I had the Name of an old Offender, so that I had nothing to expect but Death, neither had I myself any thoughts of escaping, and yet a certain strange Lethargy of Soul possess'd me, I had no Trouble, no Apprehensions, no Sorrow about me, the first Surprize was gone; I was, I may well say, I know...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722, 1723
"Lord! whatsoever Sorrows Rack my Breast, / Till Crime removes too, let me find no Rest."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"Thus he went on, speaking so chearfully to me, and such chearful things, that it was a Cordial to my very Soul, to hear him speak."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"This was a dreadful Blow to me; tho' I cannot say I was so surpriz'd as I should otherwise have been; for all the while he was gone, my Mind was oppress'd with the Weight of my own Thoughts; and I was as sure that I should never see him any more, that I think nothing could be like it; the Impres...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"His Ignorance was a Cordial to my Soul."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1725
"No, said Octavio, if thou art Clara, thou art still the only Creature upon Earth that can give relief to my distracted Mind and wounded Heart; thy Wrongs have cost me too many Months repose, and I have given up my self too much to the thoughts of thee, to slight or despise thee now I have found ...
preview | full record— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)
Date: 1727
Men's Reason "tyes them down to Rules," while women, "like Sampson break the trifling Twine and laugh at every Obstacle that would oppose [their] pleasure"
preview | full record— Davys, Mary (1674-1732)
Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
"The Passion I have for you, and your Obstinacy, have constrained me to act by you in a manner that I know will occasion you great Trouble and Fatigue, both of Mind and Body"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
One's mind may be "big with some important Meaning"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)