Date: 1691
"I was nothing but all Flame and Fire, and the red-hot Thoughts glared about my Brains at such a rate, and if visible, wou'd, I fancy, have made just such a dreadful Appearance as the Window of a Glass-house discovers in a dark Night--viz. a parcel of stragling fiery Globes marching about and hiz...
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: 1691
"Where lest a Cold oppress my vital part, / A gentle fire is kindled by the Heart."
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: 1691
"As for the Loves of these Villagers, the Intriegues of their Amours are not a little remarkable, they being very pretty Animals when disguis'd with that Passion: They are Tinder to such Flames, being quickly set on fire, even by the least spark, which when it hath catch'd the Match of their Soul...
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Date: 1708
"Now, when this Form prevails to such a degree that all others are nothing before it, but it remains alone, so as to consume, with the glory of its Light, whatsoever stands; in it's way; then it is properly compared to those Glasses, which reflect Light upon themselves, and burn every thing else;...
preview | full record— Ockley, Simon (bap. 1679, d. 1720)
Date: 1763
"My soul is on fire at this insult: his age, his virtues protect him, but Lord Melvin--Let him avoid my fury."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)