"Cecilia, too much astonished for speech, stood for some time immoveable, revolving in her mind various conjectures upon the meaning of an exhortation so strange and so urgent."
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;