Fanny Burney,
Evelina — Letter XXXV: SIR JOHN BELMONT TO LADY HOWARD Paris…
“ I HAVE this moment the honour of your Ladyship's Letter, and I will not wait another, before I return an answer.It seldom happens that a man, though extolled as a saint, is really without blemish; or that another, though reviled as a devil, is really without humanity. Perhaps the time is not very distant, when I may have the honour to convince your Ladyship of this truth, in regard to Mr. ”
