Date: Monday, July 13, 1724
"Oh, Jealousy!--All other Storms are Calms / To Thee!--Thou Conflagration of the Soul!"
preview | full record— Hill, Aaron (1685-1750)
Date: 1755
"THE SHOCK OF RECEIVING MY OWN LETTER did not excite a sudden Gust of unwarrantable Passion, but prey'd upon my Heart with the slow and eating Fire of Distraction and Despair, 'till it ended in a Fever, which now remains upon my Spirits; and which, I fear, I shall find a difficult Task to overcome."
preview | full record— Charke [née Cibber; other married name Sacheverell], Charlotte [alias Mr Brown] (1713-1760)