"How I cou'd despise thee for this Narrowness of Mind, were there not something in thy Eyes and Mien which assure me, that this negligent Behaviour is but affected; and that there are within thy Breast, some Seeds of hidden Fire, which want but the Influence of Charms, more potent perhaps than you have yet beheld, to kindle into Blaze."
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;