Date: 1763
"My soul is on fire at this insult: his age, his virtues protect him, but Lord Melvin--Let him avoid my fury."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1778, 1779
"'Leave me, Madam,' cried he, with quickness, "and take care of the poor child;--bid her not think me unkind,--tell her I would at this moment plunge a dagger in my heart to serve her,--but she has set my brain on fire, and I can see her no more!'"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1777, 1780
"The notice and observation of strangers, and the affection of individuals, together with that inward consciousness that always attends superiour qualities, would sometimes kindle the flames of ambition in Edmund's heart; but he checked them presently by reflecting upon his low birth and dependan...
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1782
"My brain is on fire!"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"But a smooth and stedfast mind, / Gentle thought and calm desires, / Hearts in equal love combin'd, / Kindle never-dying fires; / Where these are not I despise / Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes."
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1784
"'Tis in Clarinda's charming mind, / The sweet attraction lies; / There all that fire and life we find, / That sparkles in her eyes."
preview | full record— Fenn [née Frere], Ellenor (1744-1813)
Date: 1788
"The ardent imagination of Delamere instantly caught fire."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1788
"A ray of fire seemed to flash across the imagination of Delamere, and to inflame all his hopes."
preview | full record— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)
Date: 1790
"He conducted himself towards her with frigid indifference, which served only to inflame the passion it was meant to chill."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1790
"They compared this with the foregoing circumstance of the figure and the light which had appeared; their imaginations kindled wild conjectures, and they submitted their opinions to Madame, entreating her to inform them sincerely, whether she believed that disembodied spirits were ever permitted ...
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)