Date: 1796
"She replied with diffidence, but without restraint: she feared not to relate to him all her little sorrows, all her little fears and anxieties; and she thanked him for his goodness with all the genuine warmth which favours kindle in a young and innocent heart."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1797
"His pride was as noble and generous as that of the Marchese; but he had somewhat of the fiery passions of the Marchesa, without any of her craft, her duplicity, or vindictive thrift of revenge."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1797
"Is one spark of the fire, which has so long smouldered within my bosom, and consumed my peace, alive!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1797
"Mortified, exasperated by her conduct, I begun to suspect that some other emotion than resentment occasioned this disdain; and last of all jealousy--jealousy came to crown my misery--to light up all my passions into madness!"
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1798
"A thousand images of this sort were present to her burning imagination."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1803
Minds immortal may learn the "power of Cupid" and "enamour'd burn"
preview | full record— Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Date: 1806
"Tho' party-zeal inflam'd his iron heart, / And prejudice sharp pointed ev'ry dart; / With glowing thoughts, his mind profusely teem'd."
preview | full record— Jerningham, Edward (1727-1812)
Date: 1806
"Thy pure flame / Would light the sense opake, and warm the spring / Of boundless ecstacy; while nature's laws / So violated, plead, immortal-tongu'd, / For her dark-fated children; lead them forth / From bondage infamous!"
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)
Date: 1797, 1806
"Nor when the bosom's wasted fires / Are all extinct, is anguish o'er; / For jealousy, which ne'er expires, / Can wound--when passion is no more."
preview | full record— Robinson [Née Darby], Mary [Perdita] (1758-1800)