Date: 1692, 1724
"But alas! when Love commands, Reason must obey."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1692, 1724
"I shall never forget his Ingratitude; he is still dear to me, I confess; yet I hope in time to banish him from my Heart."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1692, 1724
"Before I had seen her, nothing cou'd be equal to my Ambition; but now her Charms have made so deep an Impression in my Heart, that all other Passions have submitted to my transcendent Love."
preview | full record— Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine) (1650/51-1705)
Date: 1733
"It was not for any Credit that she gave to such vain Images, but her Mind was still impress'd with the Vision she saw in her Sleep; and though every Thing seem'd to preclude her Hopes, yet it was not possible for her to renounce the Thoughts of Happiness after what she had seen with her own Eyes."
preview | full record— Morando, Bernardo (1589-1656); Gaspard-Moïse-Augustin de Fontanieu; Anonymous
Date: 1733
"Amurath himself was also in the Fleet, and and hearing that the Tunis Vessel was commanded by the Renegado Dragut, and that he had some young Men on board arm'd, and three Women, one of them an admirable Beauty, he made them all come on board his Ship. He presently knew Rosalinda, whose Picture ...
preview | full record— Morando, Bernardo (1589-1656); Gaspard-Moïse-Augustin de Fontanieu; Anonymous