"SUCH was her external Form, and though her Mind might, with the utmost Propriety, be said to resemble a mere <i>Tabula rasa</i>, yet was it, at the same time, of so naturally delicate a Texture, that it would retain the smallest Impression made on it by the Hands of Wisdom."
Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs. Woffington
<u>Memoirs of the Celebrated Mrs. Woffington, Interspersed With Several Theatrical Anecdotes; the Amours of Many Persons of the First Rank</u>, 2nd edition (London: J. Swan, 1760).