Pamela

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Pamela

sweet maidservant who chastely repels disgraceful advances, marries her aristocratic pursuer, and attempts to reform him. [Br. Lit.: Richardson Pamela]

See : Virtuousness

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No references found			When Richardson's 'Pamela' appeared Fielding was disgusted with what seemed to him its hypocritical silliness, and in vigorous artistic indignation he proceeded to write 'The History of Joseph Andrews,' representing Joseph as the brother of Pamela and as a serving-man, honest, like her, in difficult circumstances. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taken from old fairy tales and other ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland. Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context			Palti Paltiel Paltrow Paltso Paltus paludal Paludan-Müller, Frederik paludification Paludology Palus Maeotis palustrine Palvan Kachal Palvantash Palygorskite palynofacies Palynogram Palynology palynomorph palynostratigraphy palytoxin Palzig PAM pamabrom pamaquine naphthoate Pambak Pamela Pamfil Danilovich Iurkevich Pamfil Iurkevich Pamfilov, Konstantin Pamfilov, Konstantin Dmitrievich Pamiat Azova Pamiat Parizhskoi Kommuny Pamiati 13 Bortsov Pamiatniki Diplomaticheskikh Snoshenii Drevnei Rossii s Derzhavami Pamiatniki Drevnei Pismennosti I Iskusstva Pamiatniki, Izdannye Vremennoiu Komissieiu Dlia Razbora Drevnikh Aktov Pamir Pamir Languages Pamir Peoples Pamir-Alai Pamir-Fergana Race Pamirs Pamlico County Pamlico Sound pamment pampa Pampa del Tamarugal Pampa, La Pampangans Pampas pampas grass			pamaquine naphthoate PAMAR PAMAS PAMB Pamba Pambak Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka Pambansang Samahan Para sa Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga PAMBE PAMC PAMCA PAMCANI PAMCF PAMCO PAMCORP Pamcreas Pamcreas Pamcreas PAMCS PAMD PAMDA PAMDIS PAMDS Pame PAMEB PAMEC Pamela Pamela (disambiguation) Pamela Anderson Pamela G Pamela G Pamela G Pamela Keeley Stage School Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Pamelor Pamelor pament PAMES PAMET PAMF PAMFES Pamfil Danilovich Iurkevich Pamfil Iurkevich Pamfilov, Konstantin Pamfilov, Konstantin Dmitrievich PAMFORK PAMFT Pamfylia Pamfylia PAMG PAMGA PAMGO PAMH PAMHLL PAMHO

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