Date: January 1, 1779
"There [to Heaven's Regions] when the soul, in search of purer day, / Loos'd from mortality's impris'ning clay / Shall swifter than the forked lightning dart."
preview | full record— Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)
Date: 1779
"Darting like hidden sun-beams on my mind, / And make it drunk with bliss."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1777, 1780
"The father, by his wholesome advice, comforted his drooping heart, and confirmed him in his resolution of bearing unavoidable evils with patience and fortitude, from the consciousness of his own innocence, and the assurance of a future and eternal reward."
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1777, 1780
"Afterwards he walked into the garden, revolving in his mind the peculiarity of his situation, and the uncertainty of his future prospects; lost in thought, he walked to and fro in a covered walk, with his arms crossed and his eyes cast down, without perceiving that he was observed by two females...
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1777, 1780
"As soon as they were ready, my Lord wished him a good journey, and gave him a letter for his mother. He departed without saying a word, in a sullen kind of resentment, but his countenance shewed the inward agitations of his mind."
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)
Date: 1781, 1791
"Hence rash Belief! may thy wild thoughts again / Ne'er thro the cells of busy fancy rove!"
preview | full record— Downman, Hugh (1740-1809)
Date: 1782
"Cecilia, too much astonished for speech, stood for some time immoveable, revolving in her mind various conjectures upon the meaning of an exhortation so strange and so urgent."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"While this was passing in her mind, on the evening of the day in which she had so dearly purchased the right of giving counsel, she was summoned to tea."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"She had no time, however, for comments, as she was presently called to the second cotillon; but the confused and unpleasant ideas which, without waiting for time or reflection, crowded upon her imagination on observing his behaviour, were not more depressing to herself, than obvious to her part...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1782
"Left at length by herself, she revolved in her mind the adventure of the evening, and the whole behaviour of Delvile since first she was acquainted with him."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)