Date: 1796
"Unfortunately his passions were the very worst judges to whom he could possibly have applied."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"In every heart to find a slave, / In every soul to fix his reign, / In bonds to lead the wise and brave, / And make the captives kiss his chain; / Such is the power of Love, and oh! / I grieve so well Love's power to know."
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Date: 1799
"My brain was usurped by some benumbing power, and my limbs refused to support me."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1799
"To meet him, after so long a separation, here, and in these circumstances, was so unlooked-for and abrupt and event, and revived a tribe of such hateful impulses and agonizing recollections, that a total revolution seemed to have been reflected in my frame."
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)
Date: 1800
There may be revolutions in the mind
preview | full record— Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810)