She was at once humiliated and embittered; but the warm heart, and the strong mind, must have an object; and her energies, equally with her affections, had concentrated themselves on her son.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Sick-Room”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 155