Date: 1798
"There are occupations in the world, which mould a man into a certain form for life, like a piece of paper which has once been folded, its marks are never obliterated."
preview | full record— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1798
"He sticks to his text I find; for he always begins his sermons by telling me what fine things I could do, if I would but give my soul elbow room"
preview | full record— Brand, Hannah (d. 1821); Philippe Héricault Destouches (1680-1754)
Date: 1798
"The countenance, to attract the heart of a worthy man, must be the mirror of an unsullied mind."
preview | full record— Papendick, George (fl. 1798)
Date: 1798
"In her it [beauty] seems the mirror of her soul"
preview | full record— Papendick, George (fl. 1798)
Date: 1798
"Is the face of a friend become disgusting to you? or dare you not let your eye be the mirror of your soul?"
preview | full record— Papendick, George (fl. 1798)
Date: 1798
"To the heart which love inhabits, fear is a stranger and vice a cast-off menial."
preview | full record— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1798
"It matters not, though gen'rous in their nature, / They yet may serve a most ungen'rous end; / And he who teaches men to think, though nobly, / Doth raise within their minds a busy judge / To scan his actions."
preview | full record— Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)
Date: 1798
"My mother I have never seen--never by affection's ties has she chained my soul to her's!"
preview | full record— Plumptre, Anne (1760-1818); Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1798
"Up, break thy fetters! Burst thy prison! My soul is free! My essence knows no chains."
preview | full record— Render, William (fl. 1790-1801); August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819)
Date: 1798
"But I'm a Bust with Heart of Steel, / That can nor Pain nor Pleasure feel."
preview | full record— Elizabeth [née Lady Elizabeth Berkeley], margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth [other married name Elizabeth Craven, Lady Craven] (1750-1828)