Date: 1782

"For since his mind was so evidently the seat of his disease, she saw that unless she could do more for him, she had yet done nothing."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"He found, however, that the present was no time for enforcing objections, and perceiving he had already gone too far, though he was by no means disposed to recant, he thought it most prudent to retreat, and let her meditate upon his exhortation while its impression was yet strong in her mind."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"Mean while Cecilia, disturbed from the calm of soft serenity to which she had yielded every avenue of her soul, now looked forward with distrust and uneasiness, even to the completion of the views which but a few minutes before had comprised all her notions of felicity."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"The representations of Mr. Monckton had cruelly mortified her; well acquainted with his knowledge of the world, and wholly unsuspicious of his selfish motives, she gave to his assertions involuntary credit, and even while she attempted to combat them, they made upon her mind an impression scarce...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"While this was passing in her mind, on the evening of the day in which she had so dearly purchased the right of giving counsel, she was summoned to tea."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"He must, upon no account, sustain a conversation with any spirit, lest he should appear, to his utter disgrace, interested in what is said: and when he is quite tired of his existence, from a total vacuity of ideas, he must affect a look of absence, and pretend, on the sudden, to be wholly lost ...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"In the midst of this jargon, to which the fulness of Cecilia's mind hardly permitted her to listen, there suddenly appeared at the door of the apartment, Mr. Albany, who, with his usual austerity of countenance, stopt to look round upon the company."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"She made not, however, the least impression upon his mind; he assured her he doubted not giving her shortly a good account of himself, and that living in the country was a resource of desperation which need not be anticipated."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"She had no time, however, for comments, as she was presently called to the second cotillon; but the confused and unpleasant ideas which, without waiting for time or reflection, crowded upon her imagination on observing his behaviour, were not more depressing to herself, than obvious to her part...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"This letter contained a most passionate avowal of the impression she had made on his heart the preceding evening, and an angry complaint that Mr. Harrel had refused to hear his proposals."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)