Date: 1797
"Whatever might be her failings, they were effectually concealed by the general benevolence of her heart, and the harmony of her mind; a harmony, not the effect of torpid feelings, but the accomplishment of correct and vigilant judgment."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1860
"If she had felt that she was entirely wrong and that Tom had been entirely right, she could sooner have recovered more inward harmony, but now her penitence and submission were constantly obstructed by resentment that would present itself to her no otherwise than as just.'"
preview | full record— Eliot, George (1819-1880)
Date: 1860
"But Maggie who had little more power of concealing the impressions made upon her than if she had been constructed of musical strings, felt her eyes getting larger with tears as they took each other's hands in silence."
preview | full record— Eliot, George (1819-1880)
Date: 1992
"The smell of cocaine assailed him and he felt his nerves stretching like piano wires."
preview | full record— Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)