I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience.
You have delighted us long enough.
...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
Success supposes endeavour.
I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.