A hook. Hope this helps! :)
I am sure the answer is that Portia wishes that she were a young girl again.
Is it a kind of story? please tell me so I can answer
The main purpose of Patrick Henry 's speech at Virginia Conference, was to convince the delegates to secede from Britain; moreover, to fight back against them. He antagonizes Britain by imputing every hardships they faced to Britain.
So basicly it was to persuade the reader
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