“ But you must remember that justice to a lovely being is after all a florid sort of sentiment. ”
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881). copy citation
| Author | Henry James |
|---|---|
| Source | The Portrait of a Lady |
| Topic | love justice feeling |
| Date | 1881 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2833/2833-h/2833-h.htm |
Context
“«He liked me too much,» she presently declared.
«That's a way we all have.»
«If I believed that I should be very unhappy. Fortunately I don't believe it. I want to be treated with justice; I want nothing but that.»
«Very good. But you must remember that justice to a lovely being is after all a florid sort of sentiment.»
«I'm not a lovely being. How can you say that, at the very moment when I'm asking such odious questions? I must seem to you delicate!»
«You seem to me troubled,» said Ralph.
«I am troubled.»” source
«That's a way we all have.»
«If I believed that I should be very unhappy. Fortunately I don't believe it. I want to be treated with justice; I want nothing but that.»
«Very good. But you must remember that justice to a lovely being is after all a florid sort of sentiment.»
«I'm not a lovely being. How can you say that, at the very moment when I'm asking such odious questions? I must seem to you delicate!»
«You seem to me troubled,» said Ralph.
«I am troubled.»” source
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