 Oh! it is only a novel!' replies the young lady; while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. — 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed,...  The Dublin Review - Page 429edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1818 - 338 pages
...indifference, or momentary shame.-1-*" It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda ;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough rough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 pages
...affected indifference, or momentdry shame. " It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 pages
...affected indifference, or momentary shame. ". It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen... | |
 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1843 - 368 pages
...indifference or momentary shame. " It is only ' Cecilia,' or ' Camilla,' or ' Belinda ;' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best chosen... | |
 | 1917 - 920 pages
...novelist exercised the function of displaying the greatest powers of the mind, and that novels are works in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humor, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - 1863 - 370 pages
...justly and indignantly exclaimed, " It is only Cecilia, or Camilla' or Belinda," or, in short/only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pages
...affected indifference or momentary shame. It is only ' Cecilia/ or ' Camilla/ or ' Belinda/ or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1881 - 530 pages
...S. and Lady L.] JANE AUSTEN : " It is only ' Cecilia,' or Camilla,' or ' Belinda ; ' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of it's varieties, the liveliest... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 450 pages
...affected indifference, or momentary shame. ' It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda ; ' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 632 pages
...affected indifference, or momentary shame. ' It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda ; ' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, tne happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed... | |
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