“Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, tho... Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“What arguments, what persuasions can I make use of, with any prospect of success, to such a woman as Madame Duval? ...She is too… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“Mortimer Delvile was tall and finely formed, his features, though not handsome, were full of expression, and a noble openness of manners and address… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“O! I must tell you that I have fallen in love with a gentleman whom I have lately come acquainted with: he is about… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“it is sometimes dangerous to make requests to men, who are too desirous of receiving them.” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“Lord Orville seemed by no means to think the Captain worthy an argument, upon a subject concerning which he had neither knowledge nor feeling.” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“In all ranks and all stations of life, how strangely characters and manners differ!” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“The world...is too full of real evil for me at least, to cause one moment of unnecessary uneasiness to any of its poor pilgrims.… — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
“The civility of young Branghton, I much suspect, was merely the result of his father's commands” — Frances Burney Copy Share Image
![“Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, tho... Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, though I am sure I know not what…” quote by Frances Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f30/frances-burney-38055_quote_another-gentleman-desired-to-know-if-i-w_1193227.jpg)
