...Philoclea's eyes and threatened in Pamela's; methought Philoclea's beauty only persuaded — but so persuaded as all hearts must yield; Pamela's beauty used violence — and such violence as no heart could resist.22 Without a clear difference between persuasion and violence, Sidney's contrast between the...

...Philoclea's eyes and threatened in Pamela's ; methought Philoclea's beauty only persuaded, but so persuaded as all hearts must yield ; Pamela's beauty used violence...seems that such proportion is between their minds. Pliiloclea so bashful as though her excellencies had stolen into her before she was aware ; so humble...