The Complete Novels
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217756884
Paperback|9780217756884
Out of Stock
Overview
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: violable faith and honour; such vows of reformation; such pressing arguments to escape from this disgraceful confinement?Oh my Nancy, what shall I do with this Lovelace ? LETTER II. Miss Clarissa Harlowe to Miss Howe. Wednesday Morning, nine o'clock. My aunt Hervey lay here last night, and is but just gone from me. She came up to me with my sister. They would not trust my aunt without this ill-natured witness. When she entered my chamber, I told her that this visit was a high favour to a poor prisoner in her hard confinement. I kissed her hand. She, kindly saluting me, said, Why this distance to your aunt, my dear, who loves you so well? She owned that she came to expostulate with me, for the peace-sake of the family: for that she could not believe it possible, if I did not conceive myself unkindly treated, that I, who had ever shown such a sweetness of temper, as well as manners, should be thus resolute, in a point so very near to my father, and all my friends. My mother and she were both willing to impute my resolution to the manner I had been begun with; and to my supposing that my brother had originally more of a hand in the proposals made by Mr. Solmes, than my father or other friends. In short, fain would my aunt have furnished me with an excuse to come off my opposition; Bella all the while humming a tune, and opening this book and that, without meaning; but saying nothing. After having showed me that my opposition could not be of signification, my father's honour being engaged, my aunt concluded with enforcing upon me my duty, in stronger terms than I believe she would have done (the circumstances of the case considered), had not my sister been present. It would but be repeating what I have so often mentioned, to give you the arguments that passed on bo..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217756884 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0217756883 |
| Weight | 0.83 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.57 In |
| List Price | $19.84 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 252 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
