Date: 1792
"Thus degraded, her reason, her misty reason! is employed rather to burnish than to snap her chains."
preview | full record— Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
Date: w. 1788-93, 1796 (rev. 1815, 1827, 1837, 1897)
"His argument on topics of less absurdity is specious and acute, his manner is lively, his style forcible and clear; and, had not his vigorous mind been clouded by enthusiasm, he might be ranked with the most agreeable and ingenious writers of the times."
preview | full record— Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Date: 1796
"Thus he restored his plastic mind to its usual satisfaction, and arose the next morning without a cloud upon his brow."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)