“I have this very moment finished reading a novel called The Vicar of Wakefield [by Oliver Goldsmith]… It appears to me, to be impossible any person could read this book through with a dry eye and yet, I don't much like it… There is but very little story, the plot is thin, the incidents very rare, the sentiments uncommon, the vicar is contented, humble, pious, virtuous--but upon the whole the book has not at all satisfied my expectations.”
![“I have this very moment finished reading a novel called The Vicar of Wakefield [by Oliver Goldsmith]… It appears to me, to be impossible any person could read this book through with a dry eye and yet, I don't much like it… There is but very little story, the plot is thin, the incidents very rare…” quote by Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecd/fanny-burney-7403_book_i-have-this-very-moment-finished-reading_1786082.jpg)
![“I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse [her journal writing], and while I keep mine within due bounds and limits, nobody, I flatter myself, would wish to deprive me of the poor animal: to be sure, he is not formed for labour, and is rather lame…” quote by Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d52/fanny-burney-7403_animal_i-never-pretend-to-be-so-superior-a-bein_485407.jpg)
![“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;--and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!” quote by Fanny Burney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6b/fanny-burney-7403_boast_the-laws-of-custom-make-our-returning-a_580819.jpg)
