I pray that Frances may be happy in her new state and I have never wished her ill for she a virtuous girl and no schemer

They are preparing a grand ball for my birthday. I look in the mirror and think of how I might look had it not been for my great illness

It still does not seem right to me to see a lady walk the stage. It goes beyond all modesty.

I will say an extra prayer today, in thanks for the Hamburgh fleet coming in safe. I know my husband is well pleased.

Vanity, vanity, all is vanity! No peace from it even in my own bed chamber. I pray those that think so well upon themsleves may be chastened

The cold is bitter, so damp here, and lasting so long. I had thought I would be used to it now for my dear Charlie's sake, but I am not.

My Lady Castlemaine is out of humour again. I would not have a temperament like hers for the world.

It is just one year today that the soul of my lost little one joined the angels in heaven.

In my dreams he is a handsome, laughing boy, the image of his father.

The emptiness in my heart and womb is an indescribable pain that does not lessen, but reverberates and magnifies with time.