Date: 1763
"If you now refuse, you have the heart of a tygress, and delight in the misery of others."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1766
"[A] little cunning is sufficient to enable us to take advantage of the discovery; for cunning attains its little ends more surely than wisdom; like the despicable mole which works its way through the greatest mountains, while the noble lion cannot penetrate one foot deep into the earth"
preview | full record— Scott [née Robinson], Sarah (1720-1795)
Date: 1773
"But reasoning with a man under the influence of any passion is like endeavouring to stop a wild horse, who becomes more violent from being pursued."
preview | full record— Graves, Richard (1715-1804)
Date: 1778, 1779
"Young, animated, entirely off your guard, and thoughtless of consequences, imagination took the reins, and reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to a race with so eccentric and flighty a companion."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"His present situation, however, was little calculated to contribute to his recovery; the dismission of the surgeon, the precipitation of his removal, the inconveniencies of his lodgings, and the unseasonable deprivation of long customary indulgencies, were unavoidable delays of his amendment; wh...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1783
"I weave nets for insects; and if I suit my toil, for my game am I to be derided?"
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1788
"Unconscious therefore of the anguish which preyed upon the heart of her unhappy lover, Emmeline gave her whole attention to Lady Adelina, and she saw with infinite concern the encreasing weakness of her frame; with still greater pain she observed, that by suffering her mind to dwell continually ...
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1788
"Pensive, yet always kind; melancholy, and at times visibly unhappy; yet ever gentle, considerate, and attentive to me; always ready to blame himself for yielding to that despondence which he cannot without an effort conquer; trying to alleviate the anguish of my mind by subduing that which frequ...
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1788
"Should he suspect that Godolphin was his rival, and a rival fondly favoured, she knew that his pride, his jealousy, his resentment, would hurry him into excesses more dreadful than any that had yet followed his impetuous love or his unbridled passions."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)