Date: 1760-7
"However, as he knew not what the true cause might turn out, he deemed it most prudent, in the situation he was in at present, to bear it, if possible, like a stoick; which, with the help of some wry faces and compursions of the mouth, he had certainly accomplished, had his imagination continued ...
preview | full record— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)
Date: 1760-7
"It is curious to observe the triumph of slight incidents over the mind:--What incredible weight they have in forming and governing our opinions, both of men and things,--that trifles light as air, shall waft a belief into the soul, and plant it so immoveably within it,--that Euclid's de...
preview | full record— Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768)
Date: 1790
"The scene she had witnessed, raised in the marchioness a tumult of dreadful emotions. Love, hatred, and jealousy, raged by turns in her heart, and defied all power of controul."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1794
"Thus circumstanced, she tried to banish reflection, but her busy fancy would still hover over the subjects of her interest, and she heard the clock of the castle strike two, before she closed her eyes."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1796
"He related her adventure; and he added, that since that time his ideas having undergone a thorough revolution, he now felt much compassion for the unfortunate nun."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)