"If I have here touch'd a young Lady's Vanity and Levity, it was to show her how beautiful she is without those Blots, which certainly stain the Mind, and stamp Deformity where the greatest Beauties would shine, were they banish'd."
The Reform'd Coquet; a Novel
At least 9 entries in ESTC (1724, 1725, 1735, 1736, 1744, 1752, 1760, 1763).<br>
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Mary Davys, <u>The Reform'd Coquet; a Novel. by Mrs. Davys, Author of the Humours of York.</u> (London: London: Printed by H. Woodfall, for the Author; and sold by J.Stephens, 1724). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW109229140&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NdPWQAAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Mrs. Davys: Consisting of, Plays, Novels, Poems, and Familiar Letters. Several of which never before Publish'd.</u> 2 vols. (London: printed by H. Woodfall, for the author and sold by J. Stevens, 1725). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=QhQUOgAACAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading in <u>Popular Fiction by Women, 1660-1730</u>, eds. Paula Backscheider and John Richetti (Oxford UP, 1996).