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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Topic

Self-criticism Self-improvement

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Burney, Frances. Camilla. 1796.

Current Citation

Burney, Frances. Camilla. Oxford UP, 2009.

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