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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Captured and carried off to myself

I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them -- with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself. (From Eudora Welty's writing)

What is the phrase "captured and carried off to myself" used to describe?

1) myself? (I was captured and carried off to myself, meaning I was attracted to the books and was carried away by my possession of them)
2) the books (The books were captured and carried off to myself. But what does "carried off to myself" mean here? Why "to myself")

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Anonymous What is the phrase "captured and carried off to myself" used to describe? The books that she found and took home to read. Anonymous Why "to myself") It is not generally acceptable in that structure, but it may be a bit of Welty's Southern idiom when being emphatic.

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  • Anonymous What is the phrase "captured and carried off to myself" used to describe?
  • The books that she found and took home to read.
  • Anonymous Why "to myself") It is not generally acceptable in that structure, but it may be a bit of Welty's Southern idiom when being emphatic.
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AnonymousWhat is the phrase "captured and carried off to myself" used to describe?
The books that she found and took home to read.
AnonymousWhy "to myself")
It is not generally acceptable in that structure, but it may be a bit of Welty's Southern idiom when being emphatic.
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