 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 Living Age - Page ix1917Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1818 - 338 pages
...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...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed, to the world in the best chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 pages
...Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now3 had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 pages
...Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1843 - 368 pages
...or ' Belinda ;' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1870 - 578 pages
...momentary shame. It is perhaps only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its vanities, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pages
...or ' Belinda/ or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.* Now had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 450 pages
...or Belinda ; ' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1884 - 414 pages
...' Belinda,' " or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of •wit and humour, arc conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.' The mention of Miss Burney's novels... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1888 - 412 pages
...its author the sum of two thousand pounds. in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lad\ ' been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead of such a work,... | |
 | Fanny Burney, Leonard Benton Seeley - 1890 - 434 pages
...in 1798, was not prepared for the press till 1803. ' Camilla ' with ' Cecilia,' as a ' work in which most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world.' When its five volumes were most sharply handled, brother Charles... | |
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