I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, fo… - Frances Burney

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I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there.

Frances Burney

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Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and after marriage as Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist, poet, diarist, and playwright.

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Native Name: Fanny Burney

Alternative Names: Evelina and Cecilia, Author of, • Frances d'Arblay • Madame d'Arblay • Frensis Burney

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he said, 'Madam—may I presume?'—and stopped, offering to take my hand. I...could scarce forbear laughing. 'Allow me, Madam,' continuing he, affectedly breaking off every half moment, 'the honour and happiness...the happiness and honor...'

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

Remember, my dear Evelina, nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

I looked about for some of my acquaintance, but in vain, for I saw not one person that I knew, which is very odd, for all the world seemed there. - Frances Burney

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