Date: 1722
"[B]ut he was really to be pityed in one respect that he seem'd to be a good sort of a Man in himself; a Gentleman that had no harm in his Design; a Man of Sense, and of a fine Behaviour; a comely handsome Person, a sober and solid Countenance, a charming beautiful Face, and every thing that cou'...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1722
"I had the Name of an old Offender, so that I had nothing to expect but Death, neither had I myself any thoughts of escaping, and yet a certain strange Lethargy of Soul possess'd me, I had no Trouble, no Apprehensions, no Sorrow about me, the first Surprize was gone; I was, I may well say, I know...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1723
"Covetousness we may truly call, The Dropsie of the Mind, it being an insatiable Thirst of Gain"
preview | full record— Barker, Jane (1675-1743)
Date: 1723, 1725
Fancy may stoop "to court the Aid of Sense, / Unable to conceive such Excellence!"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1722, 1723
"Lord! whatsoever Sorrows Rack my Breast, / Till Crime removes too, let me find no Rest."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"Thus he went on, speaking so chearfully to me, and such chearful things, that it was a Cordial to my very Soul, to hear him speak."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"This was a dreadful Blow to me; tho' I cannot say I was so surpriz'd as I should otherwise have been; for all the while he was gone, my Mind was oppress'd with the Weight of my own Thoughts; and I was as sure that I should never see him any more, that I think nothing could be like it; the Impres...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"His Ignorance was a Cordial to my Soul."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: [1726]
"Review with the Mind’s Eye the various scenes of Life which this Day’s Progress has presented."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1732
"This fill'd her Mind with torturing Agonies; and her whole Soul bled for this Carlo's victim, whom there was now no way Wit could invent to rescue from the Danger."
preview | full record— Boyd, Elizabeth (fl. 1727-1745)