Date: 1773
"Not but that there moved something unusual in the bosom of Harriet, from the declaration of her lover, and in his, from the attempt which Providence had interposed to disappoint; he consoled himself, however, with the reflexion, that he had not gone such a length as to alarm her simplicity, and ...
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Date: 1773
"His sister, whose gentle heart began to droop under the thoughts of their separation, he employed every argument to comfort."
preview | full record— Mackenzie, Henry (1745-1831)
Date: 1773
"The flattering language of his letters could not arrest the progress of that time, which must divulge the shame of her he had undone; but they soothed the tumults of a soul to whom his villany was yet unknown, and whose affections his appearance of worth, of friendship, and nobleness of mind, ha...
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Date: 1792
"A thousand ideas seemed crowding upon my mind; but they have expelled each other as quickly as they came, and I scarcely know what to add."
preview | full record— Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809)
Date: 1794
"I shuddered at the possibility of his having overheard the words of my soliloquy. But this idea, alarming as it was, had not the power immediately to suspend the career of my reflections"
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1796
"He thought of his union with Antonia; he thought of the obstacles which might oppose his wishes; and a thousand changing visions floated before his fancy, sad 'tis true, but not unpleasing."
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Date: 1796
"As this last idea passed through his imagination, a blush spread itself over his cheek."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"At that moment a thousand confused ideas passed before my imagination."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"The robbers who infested the wood, Marguerite's exclamation respecting her children, the arms and appearance of the two young men, and the various anecdotes which I had heard related respecting the secret correspondence which frequently exists between banditti and postillions; all these circumst...
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Date: 1796
"She was then too young to regret the pleasures of which her profession deprived her: but no sooner did her warm and voluptuous character begin to be developed, than she abandoned herself freely to the impulse of her passions, and seized the first opportunity to procure their gratification."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)