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Work title:
"Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World"
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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...
preview | full record— 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!'"
preview | full record— 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."
preview | full record— 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!"
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
