Date: 1678
"Then it came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said, and however he flattered, when he got me home to his House, he would sell me for a Slave."
preview | full record— Bunyan, John (bap. 1628, d. 1688)
Date: 1767
"A holy ardor was kindled in his breast, which he had never felt before; he found his faculties enlarged, his mind was transported above this world; he felt as it were unimbodied, and an involuntary adjuration burst from his lips."
preview | full record— Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766)