Celebration of Women Writers





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EVELINA

OR
THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY'S
ENTRANCE INTO THE
WORLD

1778

BY
FANNY BURNEY

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ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION: TO DR. BURNEY


Oh, Author of my being!-far more dear
To me than light, than nourishment, or rest,
Hygeia's blessings, Rapture's burning tear,
Or the life-blood that mantles in my breast!