Date: 1788

"This distant hope was warm enough to animate her pen in his praise; and Emmeline, tho' every letter she received made on her mind a deeper impression of the merit of Godolphin, yet found such painful pleasure in reading them, that she was unhappy if at the usual periods they did not regularly ar...

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"Time, far from softening the asperity with which his thoughts dwelt on this supposed rival, seemed only to irritate and inflame his resentment; and ingenious in tormenting himself, he now added new anguish to that which corroded his heart, by supposing that Emmeline, aware of the danger which th...

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"Her words, tho' faint, and broken by the emotion she felt, yet forcibly conveyed to the heart of Emmeline impressions of that uncommon worth they described."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"Pensive, yet always kind; melancholy, and at times visibly unhappy; yet ever gentle, considerate, and attentive to me; always ready to blame himself for yielding to that despondence which he cannot without an effort conquer; trying to alleviate the anguish of my mind by subduing that which frequ...

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"Her engagement to Delamere, yet uncancelled, lay like a weight upon it, and seemed to impress the idea of her doing wrong while she thus listened to the praises of another; and felt that she listened with too much pleasure."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"He indulged these ideas, 'till absolutely lost in them, he was unconscious of every thing but their impression, and starting up, he struck his hands together and cried."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"Emmeline, at the picture her imagination drew of their united powers of desolation, shuddered involuntarily and sighed."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"The vessel glided thro' the expanse of water; while the soul of Godolphin fled back to Emmeline, and dwelt with lingering fondness on the object of all it's affection."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"My Lord, my present concern is of a very different nature; and I do assure and protest to your Lordship that no time nor intreaties nor persuasion will erase and obliterate and wipe away from my mind, the injury and prejudice the parties have done me, by thus."

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)

Date: 1788

"If she has, as I have sometimes dared to hope, some friendship and esteem for the less fortunate Godolphin, why should I wound a heart so full of sensibility by relating the conflicts of my soul and the passion I have vainly indulged?"

— Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806)