Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
Pamela is apt to look upon sheepishness "as an outward Fence or Inclosure, as I may say, to his Virtue, which might keep off the lighter Attacks of Immorality, the Hussars of Vice, as I may say, who are not able to carry on a formal Siege against his Morals"
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)