Date: 1691
"'Tis uncertain whether the Fellow I'm about telling you a merry Story of, had been Dancing at a May-pole or no, but sure enough he was got finely Fox'd some where or other i'the Strand, and staid at it till the Watch was set--and then homeward he Rambled as his brutish Carcase cou'd direct him, ...
preview | full record— Dunton, John (1659–1732)
Date: 1743
"My Mind was like a City up in Arms, all Confusion; and every new Thought was a fresh Disturber of my Peace."
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)