"In a word, it never Lightn'd or Thunder'd, but I expected the next Flash wou'd penetrate my Vitals, and melt the Sword [Soul] in this Scabbord of Flesh."
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).