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Mary Ann Bloomfield
Husband to Mrs. Bloomfield and father to Tom, Mary Ann, and Fanny, Mr. Bloomfield is an angry, complaining man whose outbursts of temper frighten his children into acting well-behaved around him. As a result, he blames and criticizes the family’s governess Agnes for her inability to control the children, failing to account for the fact that Agnes has been forbidden from disciplining them.
Mr. Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Bloomfield or refer to Mr. Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
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“Papa knows how I treat them, and he never blames me for it: he says it is just what he used to do when he was a boy.”
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Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons
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The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
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Mr. Bloomfield Quotes in Agnes Grey
The Agnes Grey quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Bloomfield or refer to Mr. Bloomfield. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2: First Lessons in the Art of Instruction
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“Papa knows how I treat them, and he never blames me for it: he says it is just what he used to do when he was a boy.”
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Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons
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The habitual fear of their father’s peevish temper, and the dread of the punishments he was wont to inflict when irritated, kept them generally within bounds in his immediate presence. The girls, too, had some fear of their mother’s anger; and the boy might occasionally be bribed to do as she bid him by the hope of reward: but I had no rewards to offer, and as for punishments, I was given to understand, the parents reserved that privilege for themselves; and yet they expected me to keep my pupils in order.
