Young, animated, entirely off your guard, and thoughtless of consequences, Imagination took the reins; and Reason, slow-paced, though sure-footed, was unequal to the race of so eccentric and flighty a companion. How rapid was then my Evelina's progress through those regions of fancy and passion whither her new guide conducted her! - She saw Lord Orville at a ball, -and he was the most amiable of men! -She met him again at another, -and he had every virtue under Heaven! . Fanny Burney
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