Sentence:  “Upon my word, I can't eat a morsel,” answered the lady ... There is indeed in perfect beauty a power which none almost can withstand; for my landlady, though she was not pleased at the <WSD>negative</WSD> given to the supper, declared she had never seen so lovely a creature. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto (from 15th c.)