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Date: 1724
"I say, it wore off gradually; and as I had a pretty deal of Business for managing my Effects, the Hurry of that particular Part, serv'd to divert my Thoughts, and in part to wear out the Impressions which had been made upon my Mind."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"[F]or in losing him, I for-ever lost the Prospect of all the Gayety and Glory, that had made such an Impression upon my Imagination."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"These were the Original Springs, or Fountain-Head, from whence my Affectionate Thoughts were mov'd to assist this poor Woman."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"No, no, there was a Dart struck into the Liver; there was a secret Hell within, even all the while, when our Joy was at the highest."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"In a word, it never Lightn'd or Thunder'd, but I expected the next Flash wou'd penetrate my Vitals, and melt the Sword [Soul] in this Scabbord of Flesh."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"Those Reflections began to prey upon my Comforts, and lessen the Sweets of my other Enjoyments: They might be said to have gnaw'd a Hole in my Heart before; but now they made a Hole quite thro' it; now they eat into all my pleasant things; made bitter every Sweet, and mix'd my Sighs with every S...
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"I must acknowledge, the Notion of being discover'd, carried with it so many frightful Ideas, and hurry'd my Thoughts so much, that I was scarce myself, any more than Amy, so dreadful a thing is a Load of Guilt upon the Mind."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"His Ignorance was a Cordial to my Soul."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"'Tis impossible to express the anxious Thoughts that rowl'd about in my Mind, and continually perplex'd me about her."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
Date: 1724
"My Thoughts had for so long time been kept as it were, waking, that almost every-thing gave me the Allarm, and this especially, so that I was very uneasie."
preview | full record— Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731)
