"His torments were acute and tedious, but in the midst even of delirium, his heart seemed to overflow with gratitude, and to be actuated by no wish but to alleviate our toil and our danger."
Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 [First Part]
First part published in 1799; second in 1800. Reading and transcribing text from Charles Brockden Brown,  <u>Three Gothic Novels</u>. New York: Library of America,1998.