Assertion: pascal | /r/CapableOf | fall victim
Facets:
value: to amorous passion
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at age
type: OTHER
value: according to a family anecdote
type: OTHER
value: to a strange illness
type: CAUSE
value: supposedly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: According to a family anecdote related by his niece, at age one he supposedly fell victim to a strange illness.
text: And according to at least two of his biographers (Faugère and Bishop) it was during this same period (1653-54) that Pascal himself fell victim to amorous passion and even contemplated marriage (supposedly to the comely Charlotte de Rouannez, his frequent correspondent and the sister of his good friend the Duke).