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The early diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778 (v. 2)
The early diary of Frances Burney 17681778 - v. 2 Author:Fanny Burney Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: injury. I put my handkerchief up to my mouth and walked quietly on. She saw me—looked earnestly, and presently recollected me—" Miss [Fanny] Burney?—God bless me... more »! I hardly knew you! What an age since I have seen you!" I asked after her health, and her family. She said, in her hearty manner, shaking hands with me, "Well, I am vastly glad to see you, and how does your sister do? has she any family? Well, she was as fine a girl as ever I saw, and I was like a fond parent, for I thought she could not do well enough in the world. And how is little Charlotte?" " O, she is great Charlotte now," cried I. She talked on, and— "well, do pray come and see me, and bring Charlotte, I shall be vastly glad to see you, I assure you " [From Dr. and Miss Burney to Mr. Crisp.] [As this is the only letter that has been found from Dr. Burney to Mr. Crisp, it is thought well to give it, with some portions of Fanny's letter, omitting what is a mere repetition of her Journal. Some fragments of this letter are also used as notes to the Journal.] [By Dr. Burney.J March. Here Fanny desires me to write the Prologue to I know not what she is going to give you—and with my paw too!— not one straight finger have I on my right hand!' However, I want just to give you some signs of life after so long an absence and silence. 1 have a million of things to say to you about myself and others, but such a hurried shattered worn-out post-horse as I am at present crawls not on the earth. Yet even leisure to attend to bodily health cannot exempt poor mortals from pain! for you, poor soul, I hear are laid up. I would it were [summer] and I'd come and con ailments with you. I know not what effect it would have on your gout, but it would certainly comfort my bowels to chat and philosophize with you. It seems a lo...« less