Date: 1789
"I would not be thought to undervalue worldly enjoyments, nor outward appearances: but I look into the interior of a man; I study the character, that is my habit."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1789, 1797
"Ah, say, deluded Maid, / Would you, whose mind is pure as winter's snow, / Assort with one distain'd by foulest guilt, / Whose nightly rest the murther'd sprites would break."
preview | full record— Berkeley, George Monck (1763-1793)
Date: March 8, 1790
"Your pow'r my captive heart in chains shall bind, / Sweet as the graces of your face and mind."
preview | full record— Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823)
Date: 1792
"But the properties of the mind elude the frail laws of hereditary descent, and own no sort of obedience to their authority"
preview | full record— Richardson, Joseph (1755-1803)
Date: 1792
"No, no, my heart of oak; I defy the power of gold to disorder my senses"
preview | full record— Richardson, Joseph (1755-1803)
Date: 1794
"No--no!--no man's temper's more mild, when taken at a proper season, but now his head's as crowded as a newspaper, and in as much confusion as your work-bag, what with the thoughts of his new varnish, and the expectation of Mr. Vapour,--I'll speak to him for you."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: 1795
One may have a heart of the noblest stamp
preview | full record— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Date: February 2, 1796
"But hope is the string that rides a sailor's heart--So, heave a-head, my lads."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: February 2, 1796
"Her heart's like a lemon, so nice, / She carves for each lover a slice."
preview | full record— Hoare, Prince (1755-1834)
Date: 1797
" For, Cupid, well thou know'st, the tender soul, / That Poesy inspires, is very wax / To Beauty's piercing ray"
preview | full record— Mason, William (1725-1797)