"The life I led at the cottage was the life of a savage; no intercourse with society, no consolation from books; my mind locked up, every source dried of intellectual delight, and no enjoyment in my power but from sleep and from food."
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
At least 14 entries in ESTC (1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1790, 1791, 1793, 1795, 1796).<br>
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Frances Burney, <u>Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. By the Author of Evelina</u>. 5 vols. (London: Printed for T. Payne and Son and T. Cadell, 1782). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T102228">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;