"While the blood runs high, and desire is rampant for possession, prudence is of little force; but when the one begins to flag, the other resumes its empire over the mind, and never rests till it finds means to retrieve what it has lost"
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
9 entries in the ESTC (1751, 1752, 1762, 1765, 1768, 1772, 1783).<br>
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See Eliza Haywood, <u>The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, In Four Volumes</u> (London: Printed by T. Gardner, 1751). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T73274">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3313758101&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless</u>, ed. Christine Blouch (Peterborough: Broadview, 1998).