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He may make me great offers, and may, perhaps, intend to deck me out in finery, the better to gratify his own pride; but I should be a wicked creature indeed, if, for the sake of riches or favour, I should forfeit my good name; yea, and worse than any other young body of my sex; because I can so contentedly return to my poverty again, and think it less disgrace to be obliged to live upon rye-bread and water, as I used to do, than to be a harlot to the greatest man in the world.
To make Pamela's moral purity even clearer, Richardson causes tears to appear in Mrs. Jervis's eyes as she hears Pamela's virtuous protestations. Though the reader originally watches Pamela pull off her stays and "stockens," these details are now omitted . Mr. B's clothing loses some of its extravagance, his dressing gown no longer being silver and his waistcoat no longer trimmed in gold . Moreover, Mr. B exercises a bit more restraint : while in the first edition he comes to Pamela's bed, in the later version he simply approaches her "bed-side" . For the fourteenth edition, Richardson omits the "obscene ... double Entendre" in which Mr. B wishes he could have Pamela "as Quick another Way" . In an almost passive fashion, Mr. B releases Pamela from his clutches, "loosing his arms with an air," while in the original version he obviously keeps a passionate hold on her . During Mr. B's last attempt at rape, Pamela no longer offers up her prayers "all undrest" , and Mr. B no longer approaches her bed breathing "all quick and short." Once the attempted rape is over and Pamela awakens from her faint, she does not speculate concerning "the Liberties taken with her in her deplorable State" . Finally, Pamela is now less brazen when led by Mr. B into the alcove where he proclaims his love. She now prudently considers that she can safely go there for two reasons: the alcove has "a passage through it" and Mr. B had already led her there "once without stopping" .
University of California
Los Angeles
NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
PAMELA CENSURED:
IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
SHEWING
That under the Specious Pretence of Cultivating the Principles of Virtue in the Minds of the Youth of both Sexes, the MOST ARTFUL and ALLURING AMOROUS IDEAS are convey'd.
Ridet hoc, inquam, Venus ipsa; rident Simplices Nymphae, ferus & Cupido, Semper ardentes acuens Sagittas Cote Cruenta. HORAT.
To the REVEREND
REVEREND SIR,
But before I enter into any particular Parts, I will take a short Summary of the whole Tale as you would willingly have it represented, with my Objections thereto, and wherein I think you fall short of what you have promised in your Title Page, and is directly the Reverse of the Encomiums bestow'd in your Preface.
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Title page
Dedication
Quotation from the "Abstract of a second Letter from the Same Gentleman" in the "Introduction to this Second Edition." The "complemental" friend is Aaron Hill.
Paraphrase of Richardson's "Preface by the Editor."
Quotation from the journal entry for "TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY," the 6th and 7th days of "Bondage."
Quotation from the journal entry for "THURSDAY," the 8th day of "Bondage."
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