Date: January 13, 1796
"Forbear! there is a spirit within me, sunk tho' I am in misery and despair, that will not suffer you, tho' now a conqueror in your turn, and towering far above the wretched son of Hastings, to take this base advantage of your fortune, and drag a trembling victim to the altar only to riot in the ...
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1797
"Fear thee, O Death!--Or hug the chains that bind / To joyless, cheerless life, her sick, reluctant mind?"
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1797
"Thus man, the giant who now held her in captivity, would shrink to the diminutiveness of a fairy; and she would experience, that his utmost force was unable to enchain her soul, or compel her to fear him, while he was destitute of virtue."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)