Date: 1777, 1778
"May the fair page never be polluted!--may it become inscribed with every excellent virtue--and be thereby rendered comely in the sight of Men, of Angels, of the Deity!"
preview | full record— Rack, Edmund (1735-1787)
Date: 1778, 1779
"I cannot write the scene that followed, though every word is engraven on my heart."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"Yes, my child, thy happiness is engraved, in golden characters, upon the tablets of my heart! and their impression is indelible; for, should the rude and deep-searching hand of Misfortune attempt to pluck them from their repository, the fleeting fabric of life would give way, and in tearing from...
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"Do you think I was not grateful for his attention? yes, indeed, and every angry idea I had entertained, was totally obliterated."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1778, 1779
"'Oh, Sir,' exclaimed I, 'that you could but read my heart!--that you could but see the filial tenderness and concern with which it overflows! you would not then talk thus,--you would not then banish me your presence, and exclude me from your affection!'"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1779
"Come, come, Albina; / Though to a Lover you might wear this guise, / Of coy reserve, yet, to a Father's eye, / Your mind should now appear as legible / As in the days of prattling infancy."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779
"Why stand'st thou thus, with such exploring eyes, / As if thou'dst read the workings of my brain?"
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779, 1794
"Upon the back of each bright heart / These words engraven were [literally], / In mystic characters; fond Love / And joy have fix'd me here."
preview | full record— Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick (1746-1828)
Date: 1780
"In prayer she was employ'd; which instant taught me / That piety must be the bait to snare her, / --So won her confidence, and read her heart."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1777, 1780
"[T]he name of Sir Philip Harclay shall be engraven upon my heart, next to my Lord and his family, for ever"
preview | full record— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)