The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1
Title: The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1
Author: Fanny Burney
Release date: June 1, 2004 [eBook #5826]
Most recently updated: February 26, 2021
Language: English
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THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY
By Frances Burney
With Notes By W. C. Ward,
And Prefaced By Lord Macaulay's
Essay.
Volume 1 (of 3)
(1778-1787.)
“The Cream Of The Diarists And Memoir Writers”
CONTENTS
MADAME D'ARBLAY, BY LORD MACAULAY.
DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY.
MISS BURNEY PUBLISHES HER FIRST NOVEL AND FINDS HERSELF FAMOUS.
“EVELINA” AND THE MYSTERY ATTENDING ITS PUBLICATION.
A FIRST VISIT TO MRS. THRALE AND AN INTRODUCTION To DR. JOHNSON.
FANNY BURNEY INTERVIEWS HER PUBLISHER.
CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. THRALE AND DR. JOHNSON.
DR. JOHNSON ON SOME “LADIES” OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE
CURIOSITY REGARDING THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA.”
THE MEMBERS OF DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD.
ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM MRS. MONTAGU.
FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO A CELEBRATED “BLUE-STOCKING.”
DR. JOHNSON'S COMPLIMENTS AND GROSS SPEECHES.
SUGGESTED HUSBANDS FOR FANNY BURNEY.
THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA” IN SOCIETY:
AN EVENING AT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S
FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO SHERIDAN.
AN ARISTOCRATIC RADICAL OF THE LAST CENTURY.
MR. MURPHY'S CONCERN REGARDING FANNY BURNEY'S COMEDY.
A SCENE ON THE BRIGHTON PARADE.
MR. MURPHY CONSIDERS THE DIALOGUE IS CHARMING: A CENSORIOUS LADY.
A MILITIA CAPTAIN OFFICIATES AS BARBER.
SOPHY STREATFIELD AGAIN WEEPS TO ORDER.
PROPOSED MATCH BETWEEN MR. SEWARD AND THE WEEPER-AT-WILL.
“QUITE WHAT WE CALL,” AND “GIVE ME LEAVE To TELL YOU.”
THE CRYING BEAUTY AND HER MOTHER.
AT BRIGHTON: A “CURE.” THE JEALOUS CUMBERLANDS.
AN AMUSING CHARACTER: HIS VIEWS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
A SEASON AT BATH: MR. THRALE'S DEATH.
LORD MULGRAVE ON THE “SERVICES.”
SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
MR. HENRY WILL BE SO MORTIFIED.
ALL THE BEST FAMILIES IN THE NAVY.
A YOUNG AND AGREEABLE INFIDEL.
BATH EASTON AND SCEPTICAL MISS W——
CURIOSITY ABOUT THE “EVELINA” SET.
ALARM AT THE “NO POPERY” RIOTS.
A SUGGESTED VISIT To GRUB-STREET.
FANNY BURNEY'S BROTHER IS PROMOTED.
MISS BURNEY EXTENDS THE CIRCLE OF HER ACQUAINTANCE.
YOUNG MR. CRUTCHLEY RUFFLES MISS BURNEY.
THE MISERABLE HOST AND MELANCHOLY GUEST.
TWO CELEBRATED DUCHESSES DISCUSSED.
MR. CRUTCHLEY IS BANTERED ABOUT HIS PRIDE.
MISS SOPHY STREATHIELD IS COMMENTED ON
A PARTING SHOT AT MR. CRUTCHLEY.
A DINNER AT SIR JOSHUA'S, WITH BURKE AND GIBBON.
A LETTER FROM BURKE To FANNY BURNEY.
MISS BURNEY SITS FOR HER PORTRAIT
“CECILIA”: A PAEAN OF PRAISE: LAMENTATIONS.
AT BRIGHTON AGAIN, THE “FAmous Miss BURNEY.”
MISS BURNEY WILL NOT BE PERSUADED TO DANCE.
DR. JOHNSON HELD IN GENERAL DREAD.
SHORT, FAT, HANDSOME MISS MONCKTON: DUCAL INDIFFERENCE.
MISS MONCKTON'S ASSEMBLY: SACQUES AND RUFFLES.
AT MISS MONCKTON'S: “CECILIA” EXTOLLED BY THE “OLD WITS,” AND BY BURKE.
DR. JOHNSON'S INMATES AT BOLT-COURT.
THE TWO MR. CAMBRIDGES IMPROVE UPON ACQUAINTANCE.
THE SHILLING, THE CHAIRMAN, AND THE GREEN-SHOP GIRL.
MR. SOAME JENYNS'S EULOGY ON “CECILIA.”
AN ITALIAN SINGER'S VIEWS OF ENGLAND.
RAPTURES OF THE “OLD WITS” OVER “CECILIA.”
ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MR. CRISP.
DR. JOHNSON ATTACKED BY PARALYSIS.
A PLEASANT DAY WITH THE CAMBRIDGES.
DR. JOHNSON's HEROIC FORBEARANCE.
“SWEET BEWITCHING MRS. LOCKE.”
MRS. THRALE'S SECOND MARRIAGE.
LADY F.'s ANGER AT MRS. PIOZZI'S MARRIAGE.
MISS BURNEY IS FAVOURABLY NOTICED BY THE KING AND QUEEN.
ROYAL GENEROSITY to MRS. DELANY.
ROYAL CURIOSITY ABOUT MISS BURNEY.
AN ANTICIPATED ROYAL INTERVIEW.
DIRECTIONS FOR A PRIVATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY.
THE KING CATEGORICALLY QUESTIONS Miss BURNEY.
THE QUEEN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.
“MISS BURNEY PLAYS—BUT NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.”
WILL MISS BURNEY WRITE ANY MORE?
GENERAL CONVERSATION: ROYALTY DEPARTS.
THE KING AGAIN: TEA TABLE ETIQUETTE.
GEORGE III. ON PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
THE QUEEN ON ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS.
DIRECTIONS FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR MOVING BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN.
DR. BURNEY IS DISAPPOINTED OF A PLACE.
A VISIT TO WARREN HASTINGS AND HIS WIFE.
MISS BURNEY ACCEPTS THE QUEEN'S OFFER.
MISS BURNEY ENTERS UPON HER COURT DUTIES.
THE TEA TABLE OF THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES.
EVENING CEREMONIAL IN THE QUEEN'S DRESSING ROOM.
CONGRATULATORY VISITS FROM COURT OFFICIALS.
MAJOR PRICE AND COLONEL POLIER.
MISS BURNEY'S DAILY ROUTINE AT WINDSOR.
THE COURT AT KEW: A THREE YEAR OLD PRINCESS.
A DRAWING-ROOM AT ST. JAMES'S.
MISS BURNEY'S FIRST EVENING OUT
CASUAL CALLERS TO BE KEPT OFF: A NEW ARRIVAL.
AGITATION OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCESSES.
LITTLE PRINCESS AMELIA'S BIRTHDAY.
DISPLAY OF LOYALTY AT LITTLE KEW.
MISS BERNAR, THE QUEEN WILL GIVE YOU A GOWN.
THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES IS VERY MUCH PUT OUT.
ROYAL VISIT TO NUNEHAM, OXFORD AND BLENHEIM.
THE JOURNEY To NUNEHAM: UNGRACious RECEPTION.
A HASTY INTRODUCTION To LADY HARCOURT.
“THE EQUERRIES WANT THE LADIES.”
THANKSGIVING SERVICE; AT NUNEHAM.
ROYAL VISIT TO OXFORD: RECEPTION BY THE UNIVERSITY.
THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE MUCH AFFECTED.
THE PRESENTATIONS: RETIRING BACKWARDS.
THE COLLEGES VISITED: A STEALTHY COLLATION.
RETREATING FROM THE ROYAL PRESENCE.
COURT DUTIES AT WINDSOR AND KEW.
THE MISCHIEF-MAKING KEEPER OF THE ROBES.
MISS BURNEY REPINES AT HER POSITION.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL's BIRTHDAY.
CUSTODIAN OF THE QUEEN'S JEWEL Box.
A LAUDATORY ESTIMATE OF THE QUEEN.
AN EQUERRY'S DUTIES AND DISCOMFORTS.
ROYAL CAUTIONS AND CONFIDENCES.
THE QUEEN TIRED OF HER GEWGAWS.
THE PLUMP PROVOST AND HIS LADY.
THE EQUERRIES VIOLATE THE RULES.
MR. TURBULENT ON COURT ROUTINE.
AN EQUERRY ON THE COURT CONCERT.
DR. HERSCHFL'S LARGE TELESCOPE.
ILLNESS, AND SOME REFLECTIONS IT GAVE RISE TO.