Date: w. 1782, 1786, 1816
"All the stories of malignant Dives and dismal Goules thronged into her memory: but, her curiosity was, notwithstanding, more predominant than her fears."
preview | full record— Beckford, William (1760-1844)
Date: 1796
"He felt not the provocation of lust; no voluptuous desires rioted in his bosom; nor did a burning imagination picture to him the charms which modesty had veiled from his eyes."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"The image of that lovely and unfortunate girl still lived in his heart, and baffled all Virginia's efforts to displace it."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)