Date: 1788
"A ray of fire seemed to flash across the imagination of Delamere, and to inflame all his hopes."
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Date: 1790
"When I knelt at the altar, the sacred flame of pure devotion glowed in my heart, and elevated my soul to sublimity."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1797
"Mortified, exasperated by her conduct, I begun to suspect that some other emotion than resentment occasioned this disdain; and last of all jealousy--jealousy came to crown my misery--to light up all my passions into madness!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)