"For, though Courage is one of the noblest virtues of this nether sphere, and though scarcely more requisite in the field of battle, to guard the fighting hero from disgrace, than in the private commerce of the world, to ward off that littleness of soul which leads by steps imperceptible, to all the base train of the inferior passions, and by which the too timid mind is betrayed into a servility derogatory to the dignity of human nature;--yet is it a virtue of no necessity in a situation such as mine; a situation which removes, even from cowardice itself, the sting of ignominy;--for surely that Courage may easily be dispensed with, which would rather raise disgust than admiration?"
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. 