phrenzy

Updated: May 9, 2025

The evidence which accompanied this delusion would be irresistible to one whose passion had perverted his judgment, whose jealousy with regard to me had already been excited, and who, therefore, would not fail to overrate the force of this evidence. What fatal act of despair or of vengeance might not this error produce? "With regard to myself, I had acted with a phrenzy that surpassed belief.

Charles Brockden Brown - Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale