Date: 1785
"I was delighted with this flash bursting from the cloud which hung upon his mind, closed my letter directly, and joined the company."
preview | full record— Boswell, James (1740-1795)
Date: 1785
"Transient clouds darkened my imagination, and in those clouds I saw events from which I shrunk; but a sentence or two of the Rambler's conversation gave me firmness, and I considered that I was upon an expedition for which I had wished for years, and the recollection of which would be a treasure...
preview | full record— Boswell, James (1740-1795)
Date: 1911
"Sensations rain in on you as in a dream, but you suppress all but what are useful for your conscious purpose."
preview | full record— Lewis, Edwin Herbert (1866-1938)