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Proposed Match Between Mr Seward and Miss Streatfield

Fanny Burney — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:54:29 +0000

When Mrs. Thrale joined us, Mr. Seward told us he had just seen Dr. Jebb.–Sir Richard, I mean,–and that he had advised him to marry. “No,” cried Mrs. Thrale, “that will do nothing for you; but if you should marry, I have a wife for you.” “Who?” cried he, “the S. S.?” “The S. S.?–no!–she’s [...]

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“Everything is a Bore”

Fanny Burney — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:56:23 +0000

Sunday, June 20,-While I was sitting with Mr. Thrale, in the library, Mr. Seward entered. As soon as the first inquiries were over, he spoke about what he calls our comedy, and he pressed and teazed me to set about it. But he grew, in the evening, so queer, so ennuy`e, that, in a fit [...]

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Giddy Miss Brown

Fanny Burney — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:49:51 +0000

At dinner we had three persons added to our company,–my dear father, Miss Streatfield, and Miss Brown. Miss Brown, as I foresaw, proved the queen of the day. Miss Streatfield requires longer time to make conquests. She is, indeed, much more really beautiful than Fanny Brown; but Fanny Brown is much more showy, and her [...]

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Hearts Have At Ye All

Fanny Burney — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:09:48 +0000

Streatham, Sunday, June 13. After church we all strolled the grounds, and the topic of our discourse was Miss Streatfield. Mrs. Thrale asserted that she had a power of captivation that was irresistible; that her beauty, joined to her softness, her caressing manners, her tearful eyes, and alluring looks, would insinuate her into the heart [...]

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A Streatham Dinner Party

Fanny Burney — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:13:28 +0000

Monday was the day for our great party; and the Doctor came home, at Mrs Thrale’s request, to meet them. The party consisted of Mr. C–, who was formerly a timber-merchant, but having amassed a fortune of one million of pounds, he has left off business. He is a good-natured busy sort of man. Mrs. [...]

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A Learned Man on “Evelina.”

Fanny Burney — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:59:37 +0000

When we were dressed for dinner, and went into the parlour, we had the agreeable surprise of seeing Mr. Seward. There was also Mr. Lort, who is reckoned one of the most learned men alive, and is also a collector of curiosities, alike in literature and natural history. His manners are somewhat blunt and odd, [...]

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