Date: 1747-8
"And if he does, it will demonstrate that malice and revenge were the predominant passions with him"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
"Revenge, invoked I to myself, keep thy throne in my heart--If the usurper Love once more drive thee from it, thou wilt never regain possession!"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
Power's "amplest, best Extent" is "An Empire o'er [one's] Mind"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1747-8
In the afterlife "to be worse than worst / Of those that lawless and uncertain thought / Imagines howling" is too horrible
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1749
"but to me they [natural impressions of surprize and admiration] sensibly prov'd the power and full dominion of the sole passion of my heart over me, a passion in which soul and body were concenter'd, and left me no room for any other relish of life but love"
preview | full record— Cleland, John (bap. 1710, d. 1789)
Date: 1749
The internal "Somewhat" may be considered "as sitting on its Throne in the Mind, like the Lord High Chancellor of this Kingdom in his Court; where it presides, governs, directs, judges, acquits and condemns according to Merit and Justice; with a Knowledge which nothing escapes, a Penetration whic...
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1749
"Thus, not all the Charms of the incomparable Sophia; not all the dazzling Brightness, and languishing Softness of her Eyes; the Harmony of her Voice, and of her Person; not all her Wit, good Humour, Greatness of Mind, or Sweetness of Disposition, had been able so absolutely to conquer and enslav...
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1749
The "internal Somewhat" may be considered "as sitting on its Throne in the Mind, like the Lord High Chancellor of this Kingdom in his Court; where it presides, governs, directs, judges, acquits and condemns according to Merit and Justice; with a Knowledge which nothing escapes, a Penetration whic...
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1749
"In return to which, Conscience, like a good Lawyer, attempted to distinguish between an absolute Breach of Trust, as here where the Goods were delivered, and a bare Concealment of what was found, as in the former Case. Avarice presently treated this with Ridicule, called it a Distinction without...
preview | full record— Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)
Date: 1751
"I still flatter'd myself, that I should be able to maintain the resolution I had taken, during my short disgrace, of conquering my coquettish inclinations: but an accidental sight of Dumont, (who bow'd to me as I pass'd, giving me, at the same time, a passionate look) immediately roused my sleep...
preview | full record— Lennox, née Ramsay, (Barbara) Charlotte (1730/1?-1804)