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Author name:
"Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)"
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Nationality of Author:
"English"
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Literary Period:
"Age of Sensibility"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Metaphor Category:
"Fire"
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Date: 1778
The "pure flame" of virtue is planted "by an unerring rule" and glows in the heart
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Date: 1778, 1779
"'Leave me, Madam,' cried he, with quickness, "and take care of the poor child;--bid her not think me unkind,--tell her I would at this moment plunge a dagger in my heart to serve her,--but she has set my brain on fire, and I can see her no more!'"
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Date: 1782
"My brain is on fire!"
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