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" ... tolerated. As if to underscore the dangerous affinity between the insanity of Cherubina's airs and the insanity of political rabble-rousing of all sorts, Barrett has Cherubina conclude her harangue to her imagined troops with a recognition of her... "
The Heroine, Or, Adventures of Cherubina - Page 113
by Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1815 - 252 pages
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The Heroine: Or, Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader, Volume 3

Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1813 - 326 pages
...now found that it was not difficult to make a popular speech ; and I judged that the same qualities which have made me so good a heroine, would, if I were a man, have made just as illustrious a patriot. *? i 8 After much entreaty, I persuaded the minstrel to deliver an address...
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The Heroine

Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1927 - 376 pages
...that a popular speech was not difficult; and I judged, from my performance, that the same qualities which have made me so good a Heroine, would, if I...Ladyship used, I got a surfeit of 'em once, so I'll pass 'em over now; though I do suppose her honourable Ladyship meant all for the best. I say then, we don't...
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Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel

Claudia L. Johnson - 1988 - 212 pages
...imagined troops with a recognition of her talents as a politician: "I judged that the same qualities which have made me so good a heroine, would, if I...a man, have made me just as illustrious a patriot. "13 For a Tory conservative such as Barrett, female authority and female imagination, unchecked by...
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Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel

Claudia L. Johnson - 1988 - 212 pages
...imagined troops with a recognition of her talents as a politician: "I judged that the same qualities which have made me so good a heroine, would, if I were a man, have made me just as illustrious a patriot."13 For a Tory conservative such as Barrett, female authority and female imagination, unchecked...
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Mary Shelley in Her Times

Betty T. Bennett, Stuart Curran - 2000 - 722 pages
...not difficult, and I judged, from my performance that the same qualities which have made me a good Heroine would, if I were a man, have made me just as illustrious a Patriot" (3:128). In this quotation we see Barrett striking the equivalence between "Heroine" and "Patriot";...
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Jane Austen's Emma: A Casebook

Fiona J. Stafford, Fiona Stafford - 2007 - 331 pages
...imagined troops with a recognition of her talents as a politician: "I judged that the same qualities which have made me so good a heroine, would, if I...man, have made me just as illustrious a patriot." ' For a Tory conservative such as Barrett, female authority and female imagination, unchecked by responsible...
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