Date: 1777
"My father was far from being so once; but misfortune has now given his mind a tincture of sadness."
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: 1777
One may perceive "a tincture of melancholy enthusiasm" in the mind
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: w. 1782, 1786, 1816
"The falling waters filled his soul with dejection, and his tears trickled down the jasmines he had caught from Nouronihar, and placed in his inflamed bosom."
preview | full record— Beckford, William (1760-1844)
Date: w. 1782, 1786, 1816
"Vathek, too much cast down to express the indignation excited by such a discourse, ordered the afrit to remove Carathis from his presence, and continued immersed in thoughts which his companions durst not disturb."
preview | full record— Beckford, William (1760-1844)
Date: 1791, 1794
"[B]ut the poor girl by thoughtless passion led astray, who, in parting with her honour, has forfeited the esteem of the very man to whom she has sacrificed every thing dear and valuable in life, feels his indifference in the fruit of her own folly, and laments her want of power to recall his los...
preview | full record— Rowson, Susanna (1762-1828)
Date: 1791, 1794
"For Charlotte, the soul melts with sympathy; for La Rue, it feels nothing but horror and contempt."
preview | full record— Rowson, Susanna (1762-1828)
Date: 1814
"So when the breeze of life is felt / To ruffle, how those fancies melt; / And real woe,--ideal rest, / Flutter uncertain in the breast."
preview | full record— Reynolds, John Hamilton (1796-1852)
Date: 1819
"'I sought the town, and to the ocean gave / 'My mind and thoughts, as restless as the wave"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)