Date: 1818
"This was a painful consideration whenever it occurred; and eager to get rid of such a weight on her mind, she very soon resolved to speak to Eleanor about it at once, propose going away, and be guided in her conduct by the manner in which her proposal might be taken."
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1818
"It is always good for young people to be put upon exerting themselves; and you know, my dear Catherine, you always were a sad little shatter-brained creature; but now you must have been forced to have your wits about you, with so much changing of chaises and so forth; and I hope it will appear t...
preview | full record— Austen, Jane (1775-1817)
Date: 1819
"Such acts will stamp their moral on the soul"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1819
"'Well I can call to mind the managed air / 'That gave no comfort, that brought no despair, / 'That in a dubious balance held the mind, / 'To each side turning, never much inclined."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1819
"'She kept a sort of balance in the mind, / 'And as his pole a dancer on the rope, / 'The equal poise on both sides kept me up."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1819
"'Just at this time the balance of the mind / 'Is this or that way by the weights inclined; / 'In this scale beauty, wealth in that abides, / 'In dubious balance, till the last subsides;"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1834
Fancy may judge a beloved "ever fond and true"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1839-1842
"My heart within / Melts as the wax."
preview | full record— Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)
Date: April, 1871
"There are cases where our intellect has gone through the arguments, and we give a clear assent to the conclusions. But our minds seem dry and unsatisfied."
preview | full record— Bagehot, William (1826-1877)
Date: April, 1871
"There are, it is true, some minds which a mathematician might describe as minds of 'contrary flexure,' whose particular bent it is to contradict what those around them say."
preview | full record— Bagehot, William (1826-1877)