Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. … - Fanny Burney

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Americans are nervous; Americans are restless; and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.

Fanny Burney

Tired, ashamed, and mortified, I begged to sit down till we returned home, which I did soon after. Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him ! O these fashionable people!

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