ABSTRACT

Thereissomuchfireinmynaturaltemper,thatwhereIeitherloveorhate,'tis withthegreatestviolenceimaginable,andmostunhappyhaveIbeeninthebeginningofmylifebymisplacingofmyheart.

86Foraprintedtext,seeDelaval,E.(1978),TheMeditationsofLadyElizabethDelaval, ed.D.G.Greene,Gateshead:SurteesSociety.