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" Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is extremely clever. Her understanding, indeed, may be called masculine; but unfortunately her manners deserve the same epithet; for, in studying to acquire the knowledge of the other sex, she has lost... "
Macaulay's Essays on Oliver Goldsmith, Frederic the Great and Madame D'Arblay - Page 228
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 262 pages
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Evelina: Or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World, Volume 2

Fanny Burney - Debutantes - 1784 - 294 pages
...my health. Had it been to have feen my fweet Maria, or her dear mother, I Ihould not have repined. Mrs Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is extremely clever; her underftanding, indeed, may be called mafculine : but, .unfortunately, her manners deferve the fame...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76

1843 - 632 pages
...just as it is ripening to burst forth with enjoyment!' Here is a second passage from Evelina : — ' Mrs Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is...has lost all the softness of her. own. In regard to myself, however, as 1 have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her. I have never been personally...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 76

English literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...just as it is ripening to burst forth with enjoyment!' Here is a second passage from Evelina : — ' Mrs Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is...unfortunately her manners deserve the same epithet. Fur, in studying to acquire the knowledge of the other sex, she has lost all the softness of her own....
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Evelina: or The history of a young lady's entrance into the world [by F ...

Fanny Burney - 1808 - 274 pages
...my health. Had it been to have seen my sweet Maria, or her dear mother, 1 should not have repined. Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She...the other sex, she has lost all the softness of her awn. In regard to myself, however, as I have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her, I have...
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Evelina; or The history of a young lady's introduction to the world [by F ...

Fanny Burney - 1820 - 296 pages
...my health. Had it been to have seen my sweet Maria, or her dear mother, I should not have repined. Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She...has lost all the softness of her own. In regard to myself, however, as I have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her, I have never been personally...
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces ..., Volume 39, Part 2

English literature - 1820 - 296 pages
...my health. Had it been to have seen my sweet Maria, or her dear mother, I should not have repined. Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She...has lost all the softness of her own. In regard to myself, however, as I have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her, I have never been personally...
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Evelina; or, The history of a young lady's introduction to the world

Fanny Burney - 1838 - 360 pages
...my health. Had it been to have seen my sweet Maria, or her dear mother, I should not have repined. Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She...has lost all the softness of her own. In regard to myself, however, as I have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her, I have never been personally...
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Evelina; Or, The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World

Fanny Burney - England - 1838 - 358 pages
...of my health. Had itbeen to have seen my sweet Maria, or her dear mother, I should not have repined. Mrs. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She...unfortunately, her manners deserve the same epithet; for, ia studying to acquire the knowledge of the other sex, she has lost all the softness of her own. In...
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CITICAL JOURNAL

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - 672 pages
...just as it is ripening to burst forth with enjoyment!' Here is a second passage from Evelina : — ' Mrs Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is...has lost all the softness of her own. In regard to myself, however, as I have neither courage nor inclination to argue with her, I have never been personally...
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The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 1

John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...as it is ripening to burst forth with enjoyment ! " Here is a second passage from Evelina:— " Mr*. Selwyn is very kind and attentive to me. She is extremely...masculine ; but unfortunately her manners deserve the samo epithet. For, in studying to acquire the knowledge of the other stx, she has lost all the softness...
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