“I wish I could say anything to comfort you,” replied Elizabeth, “but it is wholly out of my power. You must feel it, and the usual satisfaction of preaching patience to a sufferer is denied me, because you have always so much.”
from Pride and Prejudice
I understand that :
- [deny somebody something], as in : They were denied access.
or
- [deny something to somebody] , as in : Access was denied to them.
But in some archaic usage as in the above mentioned, there is no "to"; so can I conclude that :
[something be denied to somebody] = [something be denied somebody] ?
or,
should I conclude that it's another usage of "deny":
{ something be denied somebody} = { somebody can't have something }?
Could someone help please, thanks.