“ Whatever her sins, they were not sins of intention, but of inadvertence, and why should she have been punished so persistently? ”
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Hardy |
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| Source | Tess of the d'Urbervilles |
| Topic | sin punishment intention |
| Date | 1891 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/110/110-h/110-h.htm |
Context
“She had never before admitted such a thought; but he had surely! Never in her life—she could swear it from the bottom of her soul—had she ever intended to do wrong; yet these hard judgements had come. Whatever her sins, they were not sins of intention, but of inadvertence, and why should she have been punished so persistently?
She passionately seized the first piece of paper that came to hand, and scribbled the following lines: O why have you treated me so monstrously, Angel! I do not deserve it. I have thought it all over carefully, and I can never, never forgive you!” source
She passionately seized the first piece of paper that came to hand, and scribbled the following lines: O why have you treated me so monstrously, Angel! I do not deserve it. I have thought it all over carefully, and I can never, never forgive you!” source
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