O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'its the mode of the day: but the acknowledgement passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them.

Frances Burney

Camilla

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Self-criticism Self-improvement

Speaker

Mrs. Arlbery

Author

Frances Burney

Source

Camilla

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Burney, Frances. Camilla. London: T. Payne and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796.

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Burney, Frances. Camilla. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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