...with ambiguous wit. Asked what she is reading, a feisty heroine replies sardonically, "Only a novel. Only some work in which the greatest powers of the...most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world...

...wit, and taste to recommend them. . . . "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in...

...she named Cecilia and Camilla, together with Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (1801), as examples of works 'in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed,...most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world...

...of flesh and blood women. No, dear Heroine, you cannot do better than my novels if you seek stories in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the irwst thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation ofits varieties, the liveliest effusions...

...affected indifference, or momentary shame. — "It is only Cecelia, or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the...most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in...