Both Uses of
asylum
in
David Copperfield
- 'Because his brother was a little eccentric — though he is not half so eccentric as a good many people — he didn't like to have him visible about his house, and sent him away to some private asylum-place: though he had been left to his particular care by their deceased father, who thought him almost a natural.†
Chpt 13-15
- I am not afraid of him, I am not proud, I am ready to take care of him, and shall not ill-treat him as some people (besides the asylum-folks) have done.†
Chpt 13-15 *
Definition:
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(asylum as in: she sought asylum in...) a shelter from danger or hardship