I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
Ann RadcliffeWhat has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?
Ann RadcliffeO! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune!And, if the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain itโthe effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.
Ann Radcliffe