Word: burney
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Copeland's lecture on Fannie Burney yesterday afternoon was very entertaining. The life and humorous characteristics of Miss Burney and her brilliant circle of friends, including Johnson, Burke and Garrick, received more attention than her writings. The reading was from Macaulay's "Essay on Madam d'Arblay,"- Fannie Burney-and from the novelists own works, including selections from her diary...
Lecture. Fanny Burney. Mr. Copeland. Sever...
...Thursday.Lecture. Fanny Burney. Mr. Copeland. Sever...
...Fanny Burney...
...Johnson, his Friends and the Club'." These will be given in Sever 11 on Thursday afternoons and will be open to the public. The first lecture will be on "Dr. Johnson," December 2. The subjects for the other lectures are: "Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'," "Goldsmith," "Burke," "Garrick," "Fanny Burney," and "Sheridan." The two readings will be: "Selections from Goldsmith," and "Selections from Boswell's 'Johnson...