Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress. Volume 1
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Burney Fanny. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress. Volume 1
BOOK I
CHAPTER i. – A JOURNEY
CHAPTER ii. – AN ARGUMENT
CHAPTER iii. – AN ARRIVAL
CHAPTER iv. – A SKETCH OF HIGH LIFE
CHAPTER v. – AN ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER vi. – A BREAKFAST
CHAPTER vii. – A PROJECT
CHAPTER viii. – AN OPERA REHEARSAL
CHAPTER ix. – A SUPPLICATION
CHAPTER x. – A PROVOCATION
CHAPTER xi. – A NARRATION
BOOK II
CHAPTER i. – A MAN OF WEALTH
CHAPTER ii. – A MAN OF FAMILY
CHAPTER iii. – A MASQUERADE
CHAPTER iv. – AN AFFRAY
CHAPTER v. – A FASHIONABLE FRIEND
CHAPTER vi. – A FAMILY PARTY
CHAPTER vii. – AN EXAMINATION
CHAPTER viii. – A TETE A TETE
BOOK III
CHAPTER i. – AN APPLICATION
CHAPTER ii. – A PERPLEXITY
CHAPTER iii. – AN ADMONITION
CHAPTER iv. – AN EVASION
CHAPTER v. – AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER vi. – A MAN OF GENIUS
CHAPTER vii. – AN EXPEDIENT
CHAPTER viii. – A REMONSTRANCE
CHAPTER ix. – A VICTORY
BOOK IV
CHAPTER i. – A COMPLAINT
CHAPTER ii. – A SYMPATHY
CHAPTER iii. – A CONFLICT
CHAPTER iv. – AN EXPECTATION
CHAPTER v. – AN AGITATION
CHAPTER vi. – A MAN OF THE TON
CHAPTER vii. – A REPROOF
CHAPTER viii. – A MISTAKE
CHAPTER ix. – AN EXPLANATION
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“Peace to the spirits of my honoured parents, respected be their remains, and immortalized their virtues! may time, while it moulders their frail relicks to dust, commit to tradition the record of their goodness; and Oh, may their orphan-descendant be influenced through life by the remembrance of their purity, and be solaced in death, that by her it was unsullied!”
Such was the secret prayer with which the only survivor of the Beverley family quitted the abode of her youth, and residence of her forefathers; while tears of recollecting sorrow filled her eyes, and obstructed the last view of her native town which had excited them.
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“By no means,” answered he, “for perhaps papa may have been angry, or mama may have been cross; a milliner may have sent a wrong pompoon, or a chaperon to an assembly may have been taken ill—”
“Bitter subjects of affliction, indeed! And are these all you allow us?”
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