Date: 1814
"That a girl of fourteen, acting only on her own unassisted reason, should err in the method of reform was not wonderful; and Fanny soon became more disposed to admire the natural light of the mind which could so early distinguish justly, than to censure severely the faults of conduct to which it...
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Date: 1818
"Astonishment and doubt first seized them; and a shortly succeeding ray of common sense added some bitter emotions of shame."
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