Date: 1789
"'Is there a Man, who, wealthy to no end, / 'Ne'er knew the common wish to be a Friend, / 'Whose callous Heart's to all Compassion steel'd?"
preview | full record— Combe, William (1742 -1823)
Date: 1792
A passion may burst "from the grave, in evil hour" and hasten to its prey with fiercer pow'r and "vulture-like, with appetite increas'd" riot on the undiminish'd feast
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1792
"Her Heart a Stranger to Disguise; / Her Mind as perfect as her Face"
preview | full record— Whyte, Samuel (1733-1811)
Date: 1793
" When painful truths invade the mind, / Ev'n wisdom wishes to be blind, / And hates th' officious ray."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)