"So now, Belford, as thou hast said, I am a machine at last, and no free agent."
Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life.
Published December 1747 (vols. 1-2), April 1748 (vols. 3-4), December 1748 (vols. 5-7). Over 28 entries in ESTC (1748, 1749, 1751, 1751, 1759, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1772, 1774, 1780, 1784, 1785, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1795, 1798, 1800). Passages "restored" in 3rd edition of 1751. An abridgment in 1756.<br>
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See Samuel Richardson, <u>Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life</u>, 7 vols. (London: Printed for S. Richardson, 1748). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112657733&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Some text drawn from ECCO-TCP &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.001">Link to vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.002">Link to vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.003">Link to vol. III</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.004">Link to vol. IV</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.005">Link to vol. V</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.006">Link to vol. VI</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004835420.0001.007">Link to vol. VII</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading Samuel Richardson, <u>Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady</u>, ed. Angus Ross (London: Penguin Books, 1985). &lt;<a href="http://gateway.proquest.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:lion&rft_id=xri:lion:ft:pr:Z001581568:0">Link to LION</a>&gt;