"Oh, Melliora! didst thou but know the thousandth Part of what this Moment I endure, the strong Convulsions of my warring Thoughts, thy Heart, steel'd as it is, and frosted round with Virtue, wou'd burst its icy Shield, and melt in Tears of Blood, to pity me."
Love in Excess: or the Fatal Enquiry, a Novel
At least 12 entries in ESTC (1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1732, 1742).<br>
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Published in 3 parts in 1719-1720. &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75397">Part 1, ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75398">Part 2, ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T75399">Part 3, ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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See Eliza Haywood, <u>Love in Excess: or the Fatal Enquiry, a Novel</u> (London: Printed for W. Chetwood; and R. Francklin; and sold by J. Roberts, 1719). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW111942655&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Vol. 1 of <u>Secret Histories, Novels and Poems. In Four Volumes. Written by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.</u> (London: Printed [partly by Samuel Aris] for Dan. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pall-Mall, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T66936">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000030088:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;