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1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Frances Burney

 

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1700-1799Frances Burney at seventeen observes that she is about "to charm myself for the third time with poor Sterne's 'Sentime...Frances Burney Laurence SterneA Sentimental JourneyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself throu...Frances Burney novelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself throu...Frances Burney HomerPrint: Book
1700-1799'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself throu...Frances Burney ancient historyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself throu...Frances Burney Print: Book
1700-1799'At the same time as she was entertaining herself with a variety of novels, [Frances] Burney was putting herself throu...Frances Burney Print: Unknown
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry ...Frances Burney Elizabeth and Richard GriffithA Series of Genuine Letters between Henry and FrancesPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry ...Frances Burney Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1700-1799'In 1768, Burney read in rapid succession Elizabeth and Richard Griffith's "A Series of Genuine Letters between Henry ...Frances Burney Samuel JohnsonRasselasPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney PlutarchLivesPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney HomerIliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney Alexander PopeWorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney Alexander PopeLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney David HumeThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney Nathaniel HookeRoman HistoryPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney Conyers MiddletonLife of CiceroPrint: Book
1700-1799'In her teens [Frances] Burney was tackling on her own such works as Plutarch's "Lives" (in translation), Pope's "Ilia...Frances Burney Denis Diderottreatise on musicPrint: Book
1700-1799Frances Burney to Hester Thrale, 22 January 1781, on reading account of Thrale's apperance at court on 18 January 1781...Frances Burney newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Copied by Frances Burney into her journal letters, from Samuel Hoole, "Aurelia" (1783): 'I stood, a favouring muse,...Frances Burney Samuel HooleAurelia
1700-1799Frances Burney noted as having been 'an early reader' of Ann Radcliffe, "The Mysteries of Udolpho" (1794).Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudd...Frances Burney Anne-Louise-Germaine baronne de Stael-Holstein
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudd...Frances Burney Catherine Talbot
1800-1849'[Frances] Burney's little diary of "Consolatory Extracts Daily collected or read in my extremity of Grief at the sudd...Frances Burney Hester ChaponeUnknown
1800-1849'Frances Burney had thought that Charles Burney had written his autobiography more completely than he had done. When ...Frances Burney Charles BurneyMemoirsManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the ...Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the ...Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe ItalianPrint: Book
1700-1799'She was "surprised into tears" by "The Vicar of Wakefield", although she did not much like it.'Frances Burney Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1700-1799'the young Burney's paranoia about being detected in classical learning. When in 1769 she read Thucydides, she emphasi...Frances Burney Thucydides[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Burney haunted the Thrales' library at Streatham, hiding her book when a man appeared: "she instantly put away [her] ...Frances Burney Cicero[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799Burney's reading group reading two books - "the last voyage of Captain Cook" and the "letters of Madame de Sevigne". S...Frances Burney James CookVoyage to the Pacific OceanPrint: Book
1700-1799Burney's reading group reading two books - 'the last voyage of Captain Cook and the letters of Madame de Sevigne. She ...Frances Burney Marie de SevignelettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Burney haunted the Thrales' library at Streatham, hiding her book when a man appeared: "she instantly put away [her] ...Frances Burney Samuel JohnsonLife of WallerPrint: Unknown
1700-1799[Burney was] 'not impressed by Samuel James Arnold's "The Creole", Lady Morgan's "The Missionary", Edgeworth's "Patron...Frances Burney Hannah MoreCoelebs in search of a wifePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Burney was] 'not impressed by Samuel James Arnold's "The Creole", Lady Morgan's "The Missionary", Edgeworth's "Patro...Frances Burney Maria EdgeworthPatronagePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Burney was] 'not impressed by Samuel James Arnold's "The Creole", Lady Morgan's "The Missionary", Edgeworth's "Patro...Frances Burney Samuel James ArnoldThe CreolePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Burney was] 'not impressed by Samuel James Arnold's "The Creole", Lady Morgan's "The Missionary", Edgeworth's "Patro...Frances Burney Lady MorganThe MissionaryPrint: Book
1700-1799'she read some new novels, though not often with approval: she disliked the politics of Caleb Williams.'Frances Burney some new novelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'she read some new novels, though not often with approval: she disliked the politics of Caleb Williams.'Frances Burney William GodwinCaleb WilliamsPrint: Book
1700-1799'. . . You must, doubtless, have seen in the Gazette the account of 2 ships appearing in the north of Russia which are...Frances Burney Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'. . . the Morning Post had yesterday this Paragraph?We hear Lieutenant Burney has succeeded to the command of Capt. C...Frances Burney Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'I had, indeed been extremely anxious to hear of poor Pacchierotti, for the account of his Illness in the newspapers h...Frances Burney [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'Sunday [2 Apr.] We went to St. James?s Church?heard a very indifferent Preacher, & returned to read better sermons of...Frances Burney unknown[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'When we were speaking of Dr. Moore?s Travels, I told her that the Character of Mr. C.?reminded me of our friend Mr. S...Frances Burney John MooreView of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent CharactersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Well,? at the Lower Rooms we saw this Woman, ? whose Face carries an affirmation of all this account, ? it is bold, h...Frances Burney Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
1700-1799'. . . this Creature, whose nick Name here is Mrs. MacDevil will not, it seems, be slighted with impunity, & she put t...Frances Burney Learned Lass, or the Poor Scholar's Garland! A Song. Tune, Black Joke.Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the Evening we had Mrs. Lambert, who brought us a Tale, called Edwy & Edilda by the sentimental Clergyman Mr. Whal...Frances Burney WhalleyEdwy and Edilda: A Tale in Five PartsPrint: Book
1700-1799'You may lately have seen her pretty often alluded to in the Morning Post, ?but pray who is the [ital] Dr. B [ital] in...Frances Burney Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'After reading Pope's "Illiad", the sixteen-year-old Burney confided in her journal that "I was never so charm'd with ...Frances Burney HomerIliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'Besides their own Family we met Mr Jerningham, the Poet. I have lately been reading his poems,- if [italics] his [cl...Frances Burney Jerningham'Poems on Various Subjects' or 'Fugitive Poetical Pieces' or poems separately published.Print: Book
1700-1799'... it is his son that is the Rev. Henry Harrington who published those very curious, entertaining & valuable remains...Frances Burney Henry HarringtonNugae AntiquaePrint: Book
1700-1799'Fanny Burney has read me her new Comedy; nobody else has seen it except her Father, who will not suffer his Partialit...Frances Burney Frances BurneyThe WitlingsManuscript: Unknown

 

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