Date: 1797

"As, at length, she drew near Naples, her emotions became more various and powerful; and when she distinguished the top of Vesuvius peering over every intervening summit, she wept as her imagination charactered all the well-known country it overlooked."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"The Marchesa reclined on a sofa before an open lattice; her eyes were fixed upon the prospect without, but her attention was wholly occupied by the visions that evil passions painted to her imagination."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"As, from beneath the light foliage of the accacias, or the more majestic shade of the plane-trees that waved their branches over the many-coloured cliffs of this terrace, Ellena looked down upon the magnificent scenery of the bay; it brought back to memory, in sad yet pleasing detail, the many h...

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1799

"I spent the night ruminating on the future and in painting to my fancy the adventures which I should be likely to meet."

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Date: 1799

"I could not help smiling at the picture which my fancy drew of their anxiety and wonder."

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Date: 1799

Past events may be painted, "in vivid hues" on the [canvas] of the memory

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Date: 1799

"My fancy readily depicted the progress and completion of this tragedy."

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)

Date: 1799

"Deeply is thy image engraven in my heart."

— Dutton, Thomas (fl. 1770-1815); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1799

"Your form is indelibly engraven on my heart."

— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)

Date: 1800

The fancy may outstrip one's footsteps and be busy picturing and rehearsing

— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)