Date: 1713, 1719
"Thus my Thoughts play'd at Racket, and seldom minded the Line of Reason"
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1713, 1719
"[M]y Mind labour'd under a perpetual shaking Palsy of Hope and Fear; my whole Interiour was nothing but Distraction and Uncertainty"
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1713, 1719
"It is this reserv'd Mein, Madam, which has often deter'd me, and commanded my Tongue to a respectful Silence; whilst my poor Heart, overcharg'd with Passion, only eas'd it self with Sighs, and my Looks were the only Language whereby to express my interior Thoughts"
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Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"Ill Genius, or that Devil, Curiosity, ... too much haunts the Minds of Women"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1719-1720, 1725
"[W]here the interiour Beauties are consulted, and Souls are Devotees, is truly noble; Love there is a Divinity indeed, because he is immortal and unchangeable; and if our earthy part partake the Bliss, and craving Nature is in all obey'd; Possession thus desir'd, and thus obtain'd,...
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1723
"Your Letter has so ruffled my whole Interior, that I know not how to write common Sense."
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)