Frances Brooke

Frances Brooke (née Moore; 12 January 1724 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator.

Quotes

 * Her mouth, which a smile, Devoid of all guile, Half opens to view, Is the bud of the rose In the morning that blows,  Impearl’d with the dew.More fragrant her breath Than the flow’r-scented heath  At the dawning of day; The hawthorn in bloom, The lily’s perfume,  Or the blossoms of may.
 * "Air" from William Shield’s Rosina (1783)