Date: October 1784
"She grows up, and of course mixes with those who are less interested: strangers will be sincere; she encounters the tongue of the flatterer, he will exaggerate, she finds herself possessed of accomplishments which have been studiously concealed from her, she throws the reins upon the neck of fan...
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Date: 1791, 1794
"His visit was not long, but before he went he fixed a scorpion in the heart of Charlotte, whose venom embittered every future hour of her life."
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Date: 1799
Insinuations "breed suspicion" in the mind
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Date: 1799
"My unfledged fancy had not hitherto soared to this pitch."
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