The elemental creature warmth
This bitterness only hints at Sophia’s enormous resentment against her mother. The harm done to this small daughter by Johanna’s open display of preference marked Sophia’s character profoundly. Her rejection as a child helps to explain her constant search as a woman for what she had missed. Even as Empress Catherine, at the height of her autocratic power, she wished not only to be admired for her extraordinary mind and obeyed as an empress, but also to find the elemental creature warmth that her brother—but not she—had been given by her mother.
Could anyone please explain the phrase I highlighted in blue? Doe that mean the love from the family? Is that a set phrase?
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You forgot to highlight any phrase in blue, but I understand from the subject line that you are asking about "elemental creature warmth". No, it is not a set phrase but is understood as the sum of its elements. "warmth" means warm affections, but "creature" also adds a nuance of something like the physical warmth of an animal nestling close to its mother.
- You forgot to highlight any phrase in blue, but I understand from the subject line that you are asking about "elemental creature warmth".
- No, it is not a set phrase but is understood as the sum of its elements.
- "warmth" means warm affections, but "creature" also adds a nuance of something like the physical warmth of an animal nestling close to its mother.
- "elemental" means very basic or fundamental.
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You forgot to highlight any phrase in blue, but I understand from the subject line that you are asking about "elemental creature warmth". No, it is not a set phrase but is understood as the sum of its elements. "warmth" means warm affections, but "creature" also adds a nuance of something like the physical warmth of an animal nestling close to its mother. "elemental" means very basic or fundam
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