Fantomina Quotes

•  "she was so admirably skill'd in the Art of feigning, that she had the Power of putting on almost what Face she pleas'd"
• " Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire [...] but by these Arts of passing on him as a new Mistress whenever the Ardour [..]begins to diminish, for the former one, I have him always raving, wild, impatient, longing, dying.
• Fantomina's transformations become excessive and pleonastic - a repetition of a repetition that ultimately fails; this narrative is braver than other escapist fantasies, it holds more accountability - it is not sustainable
• "all the Comedians at both Playhouses are infinitely short of her Performances"