Date: 1777, 1780

"He made but little reply; but the impression sunk deep into his rancorous heart; every word in Edmund's behalf was like a poisoned arrow that rankled in the wound, and grew every day more inflamed."

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

Date: 1777, 1780

"While he prayed, he felt an enlargement of heart beyond what he had ever experienced before; all idle fears were dispersed, and his heart glowed with divine love and affiance: He seemed raised above the world and all its pursuits."

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

Date: 1777, 1780

"I buried my resentment deep in my heart, and outwardly appeared to rejoice at his success; I made a merit of resigning my pretensions to him, but I could not bear to be present at his nuptials."

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

Date: 1777, 1780

"He asked an audience of his fair Mistress, and was permitted to declare the passion he had so long stifled in his own bosom."

— Reeve, Clara (1729-1807)

Date: 1782

"She returned, however, neither satisfied with the behaviour of her friend, nor pleased with her own situation: the sobriety of her education, as it had early instilled into her mind the pure dictates of religion, and strict principles of honour, had also taught her to regard continual dissipatio...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"For since his mind was so evidently the seat of his disease, she saw that unless she could do more for him, she had yet done nothing."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"Such was the love which already she felt for Cecilia; her countenance had struck, her manners had charmed her, her understanding was displayed by the quick intelligence of her eyes, and every action and every notion spoke her mind the seat of elegance."

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"'Mr. Delvile,' she continued, 'is most earnest and impatient that some alliance should take place without further delay; and for myself, could I see him with propriety and with happiness disposed of, what a weight of anxiety would be removed from my heart!'"

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"With such a weight upon the mind length of life would be burthensome; with a sensation of guilt early death would be terrific!"

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)

Date: 1782

"A secret regret for the unhappiness she must occasion him, which silently yet powerfully reproached her, stole fast upon her mind, and poisoned its tranquility, for though her opinion was invariable in holding his proposal to be wrong, she thought too highly of his character to believe he would ...

— Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances (1752-1840)