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Date: 1773
"[Y]et so much more is the understanding blinded, when once the fancy is captivated, that it seems a desperate undertaking to convince a girl in love that she has mistaken the character of the man she prefers."
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
Date: 1773
"The resentment which, instead of being expressed, is nursed in secret, and continually aggravated by the imagination, will, in time, become the ruling passion; and then, how horrible must be his case, whose kind and pleasurable affections are all swallowed up by the tormenting as well as detesta...
preview | full record— Mulso [later Chapone], Hester (1727-1801)
