Date: 1706
"My Heart is full of Sin; My Life is full of Sin; I am under the wrath of God for Sin; I am a Slave to Sin and Satan."
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Date: 1799
"My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment that the propriety of taking them [his shoes] along with me never occurred."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1800
"Others, unemployed, were strolling to and fro, and testified to their vacancy of thought and care by humming or whistling a tune."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1800
"My mind gradually expanded itself, as it were, for the reception of new ideas."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1800
"The image of Achsa filled my fancy, but it was the harbinger of nothing but humiliation and sorrow."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)