Date: 1778, 1779

"A confused idea now for the first time entered my head, something I had heard of the rules of assemblies; but I was never at one before,--I have only danced at school,--and so giddy and heedless I was, that I had not once considered the impropriety of refusing one partner, and afterwards accepti...

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

Date: 1778, 1779

"I was thunderstruck at the recollection: but, while these thoughts were rushing into my head, Lord Orville, with some warmth, said, 'This lady, Sir, is incapable of meriting such an accusation!'"

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

Date: 1778, 1779

"Almost instantly, the whole truth of the transaction seemed to rush upon her mind, and her wrath was inconceivably violent."

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

Date: 1778, 1779

"How rapid was then my Evelina's progress through those regions of fancy and passion whither her new guide conducted her!"

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

Date: 1782

"Cecilia, too much astonished for speech, stood for some time immoveable, revolving in her mind various conjectures upon the meaning of an exhortation so strange and so urgent."

— 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

"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

"Left at length by herself, she revolved in her mind the adventure of the evening, and the whole behaviour of Delvile since first she was acquainted with him."

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

Date: 1782

"The consternation of doubt and astonishment which had seized every faculty of Cecilia, now changed into certainty that Delvile indeed was present, all her recollection returned as she listened to this question, and the wild rambling of fancy with which she had incautiously indulged her sorrow, r...

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

Date: 1782

"This question, which so often and so angrily she had revolved in her own mind, again silenced her; and Delvile, with the eagerness of approaching success, redoubled his solicitations."

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