Date: 1761
"Soon as the guilty passion is allay'd, / The green and morbid colour of our souls / Is chang'd to virgin white; a gentle breeze / Of pity springs within us."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1761
"Dream on, till Vengeance wake thee, till thy Conscience / Bloated and swell'd, from Pleasure's guilty feast / Starts up aghast, turns suddenly upon thee, / And stings thee to the Heart."
preview | full record— Cumberland, Richard (1732-1811)
Date: 1763
I shall bury in Oblivion all Thoughts of the Intent,
preview | full record— King, Thomas (1730-1805)
Date: 1764
"To this cabinet volition, or will, has a key; so when an arduous subject occurs, I unlock my bureau, pull out the particular drawer, and am supply'd with what I want in an instant."
preview | full record— Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)
Date: 1779
"My mind's in equipoise, ready alike / To hold thee as my Lover, or my Foe!"
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779
"Those minds imbued by vice, with deepest stains, / Are often mask'd in forms almost divine-- / Deck'd forth in words, and looks, that Virtue's self / Might challenge for her own."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1779
"If right I read, your mind in balance hangs / 'Twixt the opposing principles of good / And ill."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)
Date: 1782
"Have you shewn a jewel / Out of the cabinet of your rich mind / To lock it up again?"
preview | full record— Dudley, Sir Henry Bate (1745-1824)
Date: 1783
"To work, my hearts of oak, to work; here the sun is half an hour high, and not a stroke struck yet."
preview | full record— Brooke [née Moore], Frances (bap. 1724, d. 1789)
Date: 1784
"I love to weep, love the soft feast of grief, / Court mournful thoughts, nor ever wish relief;-- / Sadness I woo, yet still the phantom flies, / And joy seduces, whilst I ask for sighs."
preview | full record— Cowley [née Parkhouse], Hannah (1743-1809)