Date: 1792
"The pure animal spirits, which make both mind and body shoot out, and unfold the tender blossoms of hope, are turned sour, and vented in vain wishes or pert repinings, that contract the faculties and spoil the temper."
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Date: 1796
"Her mind was a soil which received and naturalized all that was sown in it."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)
Date: 1796
"Gaiety was so truly the native growth of the mind of Camilla, that neither care nor affliction could chace it long from its home."
preview | full record— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)