All 4 Uses of
filial
in
The Deerslayer
- The former's agitation, the young man did not fail to attribute to the interest she felt in Hurry, quite as much as to her filial love, while Hetty's apparent indifference was ascribed to that mental darkness which, in a measure, obscured her intellect, and which possibly prevented her from foreseeing all the consequences.†
Chpt 8
- She merely approached and stood at her father's side without speaking, resembling a silent statue of filial affection.†
Chpt 11 *
- The soothing allusion to the personal charms of the girl was well timed, to counteract the effect produced by the distrust that the young man expressed of Judith's devotion to her filial duties.†
Chpt 12
- We shall pass over the first emotions, the first acts of filial piety, and proceed with the narrative by imagining rather than relating most of the revolting features of the scene.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
relating to the relationship of children to their parents