To me security means safety and protection and the measures taken to be safe or protected.
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because she doesn't think of Paris fondly and doesn't want to marry him. She wants to tell her mother this but doesn't want to disappoint her. She tells her mother that she will keep an open mind about Paris while at the party.
Paine tells us that it's impractical for such a large nation (America) to be ruled by a tiny little island (Britain, obviously.)
A. Metaphor.
the verb in the sentence is "smells"
