"If they say, that affection is a mere involuntary impulse, neither waiting the decisions of reason, or the dissuasive of prudence, do they not in reality degrade us to machines, which are blindly actuated by some uncontrollable power?"
Julia de Roubign&eacute;, A Tale in a Series of Letters
11 entries in ESTC (1777, 1778, 1781, 1782, 1787, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br>
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Henry Mackenzie, <u>Julia de Roubign&eacute;, A Tale in a Series of Letters. Published by The Author of The Man of Feeling, and The Man of The World</u>, 2 vols. (London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell, W. Creech, 1777). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW113997398&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;