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The History of Sir Charles Grandison
Samuel RichardsonClarissa
Samuel Richardson
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Samuel RichardsonFamous Samuel Richardson Quotes
“The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.”
Vol. 1, p. 44; Letter 10.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
Vol. 4, letter 17.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
“I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.”
Source: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
Samuel Richardson Quotes
Vol. 3, letter 32.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
Vol. 6, letter 45.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
“Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.”
Vol. 2, p. 478; Letter 135.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
Vol. 1, letter 36.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
Vol. 2, p. 231; Letter 92.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
“Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.”
Vol. 1, letter 11.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
“The pen is almost as pretty an implement in a woman's fingers, as a needle.”
Page 120.
The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson with Lady Bradshaigh (1804)
“Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.”
Vol. 2, p. 452; Letter 126.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
Vol. 6, letter 46.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
Vol. 1, letter 37.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
“That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.”
Vol. 1, p. 5; Preface.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
“The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.”
Vol. 1, p. 286; Letter 43.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
“Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.”
Vol. 2, letter 3.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)