Date: October 1784
"She grows up, and of course mixes with those who are less interested: strangers will be sincere; she encounters the tongue of the flatterer, he will exaggerate, she finds herself possessed of accomplishments which have been studiously concealed from her, she throws the reins upon the neck of fan...
preview | full record— Murray, Judith Sargent (1751-1820)
Date: 1829
"Death is only the removal of an immortal soul from dead matter, which many have considered merely as a clog to the soul."
preview | full record— Balfour, Walter (1776-1852)
Date: 1829
"And if the man is as complete without the body, as he is without the house he resides in, the immortal soul ought to be thankful when it gets quit of the body."
preview | full record— Balfour, Walter (1776-1852)