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Date: 1776
"Not minds of melancholy strain, / Still silent, or that still complain, / Can the dear bondage bless; / As well may heavenly concert spring / From two old lutes with ne'er a string, / Or none besides the bass."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Indeed, I fear Sir James is posting to destruction; the company he keeps must sink his mind as well as his fortune."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"The beautiful and sublime are here mingled in the superlative degree; the great Creator's works, unspoiled by art, rush on the mind, and fill it with delight and awe."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"No, Stanley! neither Miss Harrison, nor any other woman I have seen in this kingdom, has made any impression on my heart; tho' I acknowledge I have beheld much beauty here, and that the lady I have named has charms sufficient, both of mind and person, to inspire the tenderest passion in a vacant...
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"But I have other visions still more dreadful--spectres, indeed, that have long stampt indelible impressions on my heart and mind."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"She has not yet recovered the vivacity she possessed before her attachment to Captain Williams; but time, they say, can conquer every thing, and will, I trust, erase the memory of that disagreeable event from her mind."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"I know not why, but my spirits are uncommonly low at present, there is no nostrum for a mind diseased, and therefore your kind wish for your suffering friends is vain."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Long has the idea wandered through my mind--Long have I languished for that peaceful haven, in which this tempest-beaten bark can only anchor."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
Date: 1776
"Too much a slave to all the fond affections of the heart, love for my brother tempted me to hope that his society might sooth my griefs, and lull my cares to rest."
preview | full record— Griffith, Elizabeth (1720-1793)
