"THE SHOCK OF RECEIVING MY OWN LETTER did not excite a sudden Gust of unwarrantable Passion, but prey'd upon my Heart with the slow and eating Fire of Distraction and Despair, 'till it ended in a Fever, which now remains upon my Spirits; and which, I fear, I shall find a difficult Task to overcome."
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke
See <u>A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq.)</u> (London: Printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004842197.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;