"Distrest by a confused Medley of thinking, she threw herself carelesly on a Couch, where amid a Chaos of Reflection, she slept, if, we can properly be said to sleep, (when the Mind fir'd by warring Passions, dreams 'em o'er again) the Chamber Door had but negligently fell too, for the unthinking Amira, unmindful of all things but the dear lov'd Man, had forgot to lock it; when an Accident we shall leave as yet surpriz'd her."
The Happy-Unfortunate; Or, The Female-Page
Elizabeth Boyd, <u>The Happy-Unfortunate; Or, The Female-Page: A Novel. In Three Parts</u>. (London: Printed by Tho. Edlin, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=1z9WAAAAcAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;