Both Uses of
asylum
in
The Age of Innocence
- I'm game if you are—" at which Mrs. Reggie piped up that she could not think of letting Reggie go till after the Martha Washington Ball she was getting up for the Blind Asylum in Easter week; and her husband placidly observed that by that time he would have to be practising for the International Polo match.†
Chpt 33
- A deaf-and-dumb asylum, in fact!†
Chpt 34 *
Definition:
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(asylum as in: she sought asylum in...) a shelter from danger or hardship