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Title: Evelina : or, the history of a young lady's entrance into the world
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
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Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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espect, he said, I beg pardon, my Lord, — if I was — asI fear might be the case — rather too severe in my censure of thelady who is honoured with your protection — but, my Lord, ill-breeding is apt to provoke a man. Ill-breeding! cried my unknown champion, impossible!that elegant face can never be so vile a mask! O Sir, as to that, answered he, you must allow me to judge;for though I pay all deference to your opinion — in other things— yet I hope you will grant — and I appeal to your Lordshipalso — that I am not totally despicable as a judge of good or ill-manners. I was so wholly ignorant, said Lord Orville, gravely, of theprovocation you might have had, that I could not but be surprisedat your singular resentment. It was far from my intention, answered he, to offend yourlordship; but, really, for a person who is nobody, to give herselfsuch airs, — I own I could not command my passion. For, myLord, though I have made diligent inquiry — I cannot learn whoshe is. 24
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EVELINA By what I can make out, cried my defender, she must *bea country parsons daughter. He! he! he! very good, pon honour! cried the fop;—well,so I could have sworn by her manners. And then, delighted at his own wit, he laughed, and went away,as I suppose, to repeat it. But what the deuce is all this? demanded the other. Why a very foolish affair, answered Lord Orville; yourHelen first refused this coxcomb, and then — danced with me.This is all I can gather of it. O, Orville, returned he, you are a happy man!—But ill-bred f — I can never believe it! And she looks too sensible to beignorant. Whether ignorant or mischievous, I will not pretend to deter-mine ; but certain it is, she attended to all / could say to her, thoughI have really fatigued myself with fruitless endeavours to enter-tain her, with the most immovable gravity; but no sooner did Lovelbegin his complaint, than she was seized with a fit of laughing, firstaffronting the poor beau, and then enjoying his mortific

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