 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1891 - 414 Seiten
...voice, and on such serious topics, as resembled rather oracular enunciation than familiar conversatiou. He never caressed me ; if ever he stroked my head...and my awe. He was something greater, and wiser, and bettor, in iny eyes, than any other human being. I was the sole creature he loved; the object of all... | |
 | Emily W. Sunstein - 1991 - 514 Seiten
...widower and his daughter in her story 'The Elder Son" (1834) may well depict Mary and Godwin's relations: He never caressed me; if ever he stroked my head or...enthusiastic fondness, notwithstanding his reserve and my awe.5 Whether a lovable stepmother might have induced Mary to moderate her devotion to Godwin, Mrs.... | |
 | Miranda Seymour - 2000 - 722 Seiten
...described a father whose reserved manner and measured style of speech masked the strength of his feelings. He never caressed me; if ever he stroked my head or...and wiser, and better, in my eyes, than any other being. I was the sole creature he loved; the object of all his thoughts by day and his dreams by night.2... | |
 | James Bieri - 2004 - 472 Seiten
...stern demandingness crept into her story "The Elder Son." Mary wrote: "He never caressed me. . . . Yet, strange to say, my father loved me almost to...enthusiastic fondness, notwithstanding his reserve and my awe."27 After Mary Wollstonecraft's death, Godwin adopted her older daughter, three-year-old Fanny... | |
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He never caressed me ; if ever he stroked my head or drew me on his knee, I felt a mingled alarm and delight difficult to describe. Yet, strange to say, my father loved me almost to idolatry ; and I knew this and repaid his affection with enthusiastic... 