How we cite our quotes: (Letter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
But the gentlemen, as they must be called in right of their ancestors, it seems; for no other do they appear to have (161.6)
Clarissa can throw out some zingers when she wants to. Looks like her judgment isn't clouded by ancestry or wealth: Lovelace might be a gentleman by name, but he shouldn't take too much pride in that title.
Quote #8
We common folks have our joys, and please your honour, says honest Joseph Leman, like as our betters have (241.11)
We don't often get to see the lower-class characters talking about pride in Clarissa—they usually do exactly what they're told. Here, Joseph seems to be telling Lovelace that they're really not all that different. Here, Joseph is insisting that he's just as much a person as Lovelace is. Crazy!
Quote #9
But does she really believe she shall not long trouble us?—But oh, my Norton!—she must, she will long trouble us—for can she think her death, if we should be deprived of her, will put an end to our afflictions? […] (376.15)
File this under "things Clarissa's mom will wish she hadn't said." It just goes to show how prideful Mrs. Harlowe is to refuse to see her dying daughter.