Clara Howard —— In a Series of Letters

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ISBN: 9781334078323 出版年：2016 页码：269 Charles Brockden Brown Forgotten Books

But how will she be met? Thought may have become vile, polluted; and how shall I endure to meet her in that condition. One so delicate, carrying dignity to the the verge of pride; pre ferring to starve rather than incur contempt. But that degradation is impossible.