Date: 1721, 1722
"I have the feelings of humanity for the unhappy, as if none but they were men: and even the great, towards whom I find my heart as stone whilst they are in prosperity, I love them when they are fallen."
preview | full record— Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Date: 1721, 1722
"The wife of a butcher, who happened to be present, took her part; and whilst one poured out a torrent of abuse against me, the other pelted me with stones as well as Dr.—, who was with me, who received a terrible blow upon the os frontal and os occipital, by which the seat of reason is very much...
preview | full record— Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Date: 1721, 1722
"I think myself almost annihilated; and I do not become sensible of my existence, till a dismal jealousy comes to kindle and produce in my heart, fear, suspicions, hatred and regret."
preview | full record— Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Date: April 18, 1721
"I lov'd fair Leonora long before / The Chance of Battel gave me to the Moors, / From whom so late Alonzo set me Free; / And while I groan'd in Bondage, I deputed / This Great Alonzo, whom her Father honours, / To be my gentle Advocate in Love, / To stir her Heart, and fan its Fires for me."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: April 18, 1721
"Must I despair then? Do not shake me thus: / My Tempest-beaten Heart is cold to Death."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: April 18, 1721
"Each other Passion's calm / To thee, thou Conflagration of the Soul"
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: April 18, 1721
"Alvarez has a Heart of Steel."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: April 18, 1721
"My Lord, you know his Heart is Steel, / 'Tis fixt, 'tis past, 'tis absolute Despair."
preview | full record— Young, Edward (bap. 1683, d. 1765)
Date: April 18, 1721
"If, after Death, our Forms (as some believe) / Shall be transparent, naked every Thought, / And Friends meet Friends, and read each other's Hearts, / Thou'lt know one day, that thou wast held most dear. / Farewel."
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Date: April 18, 1721
"He's gone, and now / I must unsluice my overburden'd Heart, / And let it flow."
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