Date: 1744
"[T]he charming image of a city's brightest ornament" may be engraven on the heart by "the god of love ... in characters too indelible ever to be erased"
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1744
"Burn this paper, I conjure you, the moment you have read it; but lay the contents of it up in your heart never to be forgotten."
preview | full record— Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756)
Date: 1782
"Oh! lads, beware the month of May;--for you blest girls--nature decked out--as in a birth-day suit--courts you with all its sweets--where-e'er you tread--the grass and wanton flowerets fondly kiss your feet--and humbly bow their pretty heads--to the gentle sweepings of your under-petticoats--the...
preview | full record— Sancho, Charles Ignatius (1729-1780)