Date: 1759
"Dissembling Love his Temper may conceal, / But Wedlock will his hidden Soul unvail; / So distant Ships, at Sea, wear false Disguise, / But show true Colors, when they seize a Prize."
preview | full record— Marriott, Thomas (d. 1766)
Date: 1789
"Then he assured me, that one sin unatoned for was as sufficient to damn a soul as one leak was to sink a ship."
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)