Date: 1804
"Though with only one eye, yet a spark from that same, / Like a big brimstone match kindles up such a flame, / As to make my blood boil, while it causes a smart / Like the lamp of a teakettle under my heart."
preview | full record— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)
Date: 1804
"And my breast, like a mutton-chop, broiling"
preview | full record— Collins, John [called Brush Collins] (1742-1808)
Date: 1805
"I've a hole in my heart, you may through it drive a cart"
preview | full record— Robertson, James (fl.1768-1788)
Date: 1859
" Not all this world's gay hopes, nor present charms, / Nor parents tears, nor a fond husband's arms, / Could stamp the least impression on her mind, / Or fix to earth a soul for heav'n design'd."
preview | full record— Skinner, Rev. John (1721-1807)