"Yes, my child, thy happiness is engraved, in golden characters, upon the tablets of my heart! and their impression is indelible; for, should the rude and deep-searching hand of Misfortune attempt to pluck them from their repository, the fleeting fabric of life would give way, and in tearing from my vitals the nourishment by which they are supported, she would but grasp at a shadow insensible to her touch."
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. 