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A young lover (Alexis) apologises to the parents of Lydia, with whom he had eloped to Gretna Green to be married without having asked their permission: he pleads that he was more likely to be pardoned for an act that had not been refused. Engraving, 1792.

Saturn, seated right, is threatened by his three children Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G. Romano, ca. 1560.

Vulnerability and young people : care and social control in policy and practice / Kate Brown.

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A young lover (Alexis) apologises to the parents of Lydia, with whom he had eloped to Gretna Green to be married without having asked their permission: he pleads that he was more likely to be pardoned for an act that had not been refused. Engraving, 1792.

Saturn, seated right, is threatened by his three children Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G. Romano, ca. 1560.

Vulnerability and young people : care and social control in policy and practice / Kate Brown.