Date: 1797
"Over the gloom of Schedoni, no scenery had, at any moment, power; the shape and paint of external imagery gave neither impression or colour to his fancy."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1797
"At the extravagance of her suspicions, however, and the weakness of her terrors, she blushed, and endeavoured to resist that propensity to fear, which nerves long pressed upon had occasioned in her mind."
preview | full record— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)
Date: 1797
"Her heart was possessed by evil passions, and all her perceptions were distorted and discoloured by them, which, like a dark magician, had power to change the fairest scenes into those of gloom and desolation."
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Date: 1797
"The subject of his waking thoughts still haunted his imagination, and the stranger, whose voice he had this night recognized as that of the prophet of Paluzzi, appeared before him."
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Date: 1814
"[H]er mind became cool enough to seek all the comfort that pride and self-revenge could give."
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Date: 1814
"They have injured the finest mind!--for sometimes, Fanny, I own to you, it does appear more than manner; it appears as if the mind itself was tainted."
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Date: 1814
"Then it occurred to her what might be going on; a suspicion rushed over her mind which drove the colour from her cheeks."
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Date: 1814
"Here was another strange revolution of mind!"
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Date: 1816
"Her mind was divided between two ideas--her own former conversations with him about Miss Fairfax; and poor Harriet."
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Date: 1816
"While he spoke, Emma's mind was most busy, and, with all the wonderful velocity of thought, had been able--and yet without losing a word--to catch and comprehend the exact truth of the whole."
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