Famous quotes containing the words frances burney and/or burney:
“There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect—and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)
“O heavens! how short a time does it take to put an eternal end to a woman’s liberty!”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)