"but it was not time, it was not the knowledge of his worth, obtained your regard; your new comrade had not patience to wait any trial; her glowing pencil, dipt in the vivid colours of her creative ideas, painted to you, at the moment of your first acquaintance, all the excellencies, all the good and rare qualities, which a great length of time, and intimacy, could alone have really discovered."
Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
23 entries in ESTC (1778, 1780, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1788, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1800).<br>
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See <u>Evelina, or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World</u> (London: Printed for T. Lowndes, 1778). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z000000827:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;<br>
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Text also drawn from <u>Evelina: or, a Young Lady's Entrance into the World.</u> (Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Price, Corcoran, R. Cross, Fitzsimons, W. Whitestone [etc.], 1779). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004822925.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004822925.0001.002">Vol. II</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World</u>, ed. Margaret Doody (New York: Penguin, 1994). Note, Doody uses the third edition, published in 1779, as her copy-text. 