Date: 1754
"The gardens and lawn seem from the windows of this spacious house to be as boundless as the mind of the owner, and as free and open as his countenance"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)
Date: 1765 [1764]
"The friar, who knew nothing of the youth but what he had learnt occasionally from the princess, ignorant of what became of him, and not sufficiently reflecting on the impetuosity of Manfred's temper, conceived that it might not be amiss to sow the seeds of jealousy in his mind."
preview | full record— Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717-1797)