Date: 1792
"But is it not most unjust --nay cruel, to condemn a man because he is so unfortunate as to be the victim of disease? May not a great soul inhabit a foul carcase?"
preview | full record— Tytler, Alexander Fraser (1747-1813); Schiller (1759-1805)
Date: 1792
"The King of England steels his heart against us"
preview | full record— Colman, George, the younger (1762-1836)
Date: 1792
Shakespeare "placed aloft on Inspiration's throne, / Made Fancy's magic kingdom all his own, / Burst from the trammels which his muse confined, / And poured the wealth of his exhaustless mind!"
preview | full record— Morton, Thomas (1764-1838)
Date: 1792
"We from your judgment to your hearts appeal, / Generous as brave, you are not hearts of steel"
preview | full record— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Date: 1792
"That sweet enchantress ... Can give to Fancy's work a blaze more bright, / Or Reason's steady lamp feed with new light."
preview | full record— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
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
"The Reader will, it is presumed and hoped, in idea supply them; or, it must remain a mere dead letter: seeing, with his "mind's eye," the volatile pleasantry of Mr. Bannister, Jun. or, agreeable freedom of Mr. Fawcett, in Frank Millclack; the genteel rusticity of Mr. Barrymore, in 'Squire...
preview | full record— Waldron, Francis Godolphin (1744-1818)
Date: 1794
"My heart is in your chains, and I must follow."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)