Date: 1796
"With affright did he bend his mind's eye on the space beyond the grave; nor could hide from himself how justly he ought to dread Heaven's vengeance."
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Date: 1796
"The damning contract weighed heavy upon his mind; and the scenes in which he had been a principal actor, had left behind them such impressions as rendered his heart the seat of anarchy and confusion."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"He pronounced the most severe sentences upon offenders, which the moment after compassion induced him to mitigate: he undertook the most daring enterprizes, which the fear of their consequences soon obliged him to abandon: his inborn genius darted a brilliant light upon subjects the most obscure...
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Date: 1799
"His torments were acute and tedious, but in the midst even of delirium, his heart seemed to overflow with gratitude, and to be actuated by no wish but to alleviate our toil and our danger."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
Certain beliefs cannot be "outrooted" from the mind
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"I spent the night ruminating on the future and in painting to my fancy the adventures which I should be likely to meet."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"My heart began now, for the first time, to droop"
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"I reflected with amazement on the slightness of that thread by which human passions are led from their true direction."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment that the propriety of taking them [his shoes] along with me never occurred."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"I could not help smiling at the picture which my fancy drew of their anxiety and wonder."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)