 ... prisoner now in a vile house. I am not now in the power of that man's devices. I am not now obliged to hide myself in corners for fear of him. One of his intimate companions is become my warm friend, and engages to keep him from me, and that by his...  Clarissa: A Novel - Pagina 369door Samuel Richardson - 1868Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...taken in the pejorative sense of assumed authority or condescension. Clarissa writes to Miss Howe: 'Indeed, I am very weak and ill: but I have an excellent...Their treatment of me, my dear, is perfectly pater-nal !' (1088). Richardson uses italics to set off the word on each occasion it is used, drawing the reader's... | |
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