Date: 1798
"Feeling herself unable to accept this as an explanation, she instantly determined to sail for London by the very first opportunity, that she might thus bring to a termination the suspence that preyed upon her soul."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1799
Insinuations "breed suspicion" in the mind
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"My unfledged fancy had not hitherto soared to this pitch."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: October 4, 1802
"Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind, / Reality's dark dream! / I turn from you, and listen to the wind, / Which long has raved unnoticed."
preview | full record— Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
Date: 1806
"All around / A solemn stillness seems to guard the scene, / Nursing the brood of thought--a thriving brood / In the rich mazes of the cultur'd brain."
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1806
"Shall the caprice of nature, the deep tint / Of sultry climes, the feature varying, / Or the uncultur'd mind, endure the scourge / Of sordid tyranny, or heap the stores / Of his fair fellow man, whose ruddy cheek / Knows not the tear of pity; whose white breast / Conceals a heart, than adamant m...
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)