"She told her not what had passed; that, she knew, would be fruitless affiction to her: but she was soothed by her gentleness, and her conversation was some security from the dangerous rambling of her ideas."
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;