Date: 1782

"Pleasure, the rambling Bird! the painted Jay! / May snatch the richest seeds of Verse away; / Or Indolence, the worm that winds with art / Thro' the close texture of the cleanest heart, / May, if they haply have begun to shoot, / With partial mischief wound the sick'ning root; / Or Avarice, the ...

— Hayley, William (1745-1820)

Date: 1782

"She returned, however, neither satisfied with the behaviour of her friend, nor pleased with her own situation: the sobriety of her education, as it had early instilled into her mind the pure dictates of religion, and strict principles of honour, had also taught her to regard continual dissipatio...

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

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

"Such was the love which already she felt for Cecilia; her countenance had struck, her manners had charmed her, her understanding was displayed by the quick intelligence of her eyes, and every action and every notion spoke her mind the seat of elegance."

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

Date: 1782

"'Mr. Delvile,' she continued, 'is most earnest and impatient that some alliance should take place without further delay; and for myself, could I see him with propriety and with happiness disposed of, what a weight of anxiety would be removed from my heart!'"

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

Date: 1782

"With such a weight upon the mind length of life would be burthensome; with a sensation of guilt early death would be terrific!"

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

Date: 1782

"A secret regret for the unhappiness she must occasion him, which silently yet powerfully reproached her, stole fast upon her mind, and poisoned its tranquility, for though her opinion was invariable in holding his proposal to be wrong, she thought too highly of his character to believe he would ...

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

Date: 1782

"[A]cquainted ere you meet that you were to meet him no more, your heart would be all softness and grief, and at the very moment when tenderness should be banished from your intercourse, it would bear down all opposition of judgment, spirit, and dignity: you would hang upon every word, because ev...

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

Date: 1782

"And is the dagger you have transfixed in my heart sunk deep enough to appease you?"

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

Date: 1782

"He could not conceal from me that the seat of his disorder was his mind; and I could not know that, without readily conjecturing the cause, when I saw who was his father's guest, and when I knew what was his father's character."

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