Date: 1692
"The Anatomy therefore of Man (concluded I) both as to Mind, and Body is a filthy Curiosity, as he observes, where one must besmeer ones self with Blood to trace the intricate Menaders of each Nerve, and Motion, and all the private Kingdom of Veins, and Arteries; by which the Mind as well as Body...
preview | full record— Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)
Date: 1790
"The scene she had witnessed, raised in the marchioness a tumult of dreadful emotions. Love, hatred, and jealousy, raged by turns in her heart, and defied all power of controul."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"Thus circumstanced, she tried to banish reflection, but her busy fancy would still hover over the subjects of her interest, and she heard the clock of the castle strike two, before she closed her eyes."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1796
"He related her adventure; and he added, that since that time his ideas having undergone a thorough revolution, he now felt much compassion for the unfortunate nun."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)