Date: 1759
The passions may "rebel against their proper Guide, and forcibly snatch the Reins out of the Hands of that Governor appointed to restrain and keep them within their own prescribed Bounds"
preview | full record— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Date: 1796
"The trial is dangerous; he is just at that period of life when the passions are most vigorous, unbridled, and despotic."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"The woman reigns in my bosom, and I am become a prey to the wildest of passions."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)