"There is a certain kind of trifling, in which a mind not much at ease can sometimes indulge itself. One feels an escape, as it were, from the heart, and is fain to take up with lighter company. It is like the theft of a truant boy, who goes to play for a few minutes while his master is asleep, and throws the chiding for his task upon futurity."
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;