Date: 1794
"O Emily! these are moments, in which joy and grief struggle so powerfully for pre-eminence, that the heart can scarcely support the contest!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"One of those instantaneous and unaccountable convictions, which sometimes conquer even strong minds, impressed her with its horror."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1796
"Anxious to authorise the presence of his dangerous guest, yet conscious that her stay was infringing the laws of his order, Ambrosio's bosom became the theatre of a thousand contending passions."
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Date: 1796
"The fact was, that the different sentiments with which education and nature had inspired him, were combating in his bosom: it remained for his passions, which as yet no opportunity had called into play, to decide the victory."
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