"I say, it wore off gradually; and as I had a pretty deal of Business for managing my Effects, the Hurry of that particular Part, serv'd to divert my Thoughts, and in part to wear out the Impressions which had been made upon my Mind."
The Fortunate Mistress [Roxana]
At least 15 entries in the ESTC (1724, 1740, 1741, 1742, 1745, 1749, 1750, 1755, 1765, 1774, 1775, ).<br>
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See <u>The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards call'd the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II</u> (London: Printed for T. Warner, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T70630">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=sjyNQAAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading Daniel Defoe, <u>Roxana</u>, ed. David Blewett (New York: Penguin Books, 1987).