Quotation by Samuel Richardson

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Anna Howe, in Clarissa AMS Press (1990)Antony Harlowe, in Clarissa AMS Press (1990)as quoted in Samuel Richardson: A Biography T.C. Duncan Eaves and Ben D. Kimpel (1971)Belford, in Clarissa AMS Press (1990)Charlotte Grandison, in Sir Charles Grandison Oxford University Press (1972, repr. 1986)

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Youth is rather to be pitied than envied by people in years since it is doomed to toil through the rugged road of life which the others have passed through, in search of happiness that is not to be met with in it and that, at the highest, can be compounded for only by the blessing of a contented mind.

Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), British novelist. First edition, London (1753-1754). Lucy Selby, in Sir Charles Grandison, vol. 7, letter 3, Oxford University Press (1972, repr. 1986).

Lucy Selby is reflecting on the probable thoughts of Harriet Byron's grandmother, Mrs. Shirley.

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