Mosses from an Old ManseGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... dark nooks among the shrubbery . The pond - lily grows abundantly along the margin ; that delicious flower which , as Thoreau tells me , opens its virgin bosom to the first sunlight , and perfects its being through the magic of that ...
... dark nooks among the shrubbery . The pond - lily grows abundantly along the margin ; that delicious flower which , as Thoreau tells me , opens its virgin bosom to the first sunlight , and perfects its being through the magic of that ...
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... dark bosom of the earth . Here , too , at an earlier period , he had studied the wonders of the human frame , and attempted to fathom the very process by which Nature assimilates all her precious influences from earth and air , and from ...
... dark bosom of the earth . Here , too , at an earlier period , he had studied the wonders of the human frame , and attempted to fathom the very process by which Nature assimilates all her precious influences from earth and air , and from ...
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... over the volumes of his scientific library . In many dark old tomes , she met with chapters full of romance and poetry . They were the works of the philosophers of the middle MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE . ages , such as THE BIRTH - MARK . 43.
... over the volumes of his scientific library . In many dark old tomes , she met with chapters full of romance and poetry . They were the works of the philosophers of the middle MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE . ages , such as THE BIRTH - MARK . 43.
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... darkness that ensued , the guests contrived to get back to earth , or whether the greater part of them contrived to get back at all , or are still wandering among clouds , mists , and puffs of tempestuous wind , bruised by the beams and ...
... darkness that ensued , the guests contrived to get back to earth , or whether the greater part of them contrived to get back at all , or are still wandering among clouds , mists , and puffs of tempestuous wind , bruised by the beams and ...
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... dark cloud swept away , leav ing the clear and silent sky above Goodman Brown . But some- thing fluttered lightly down through the air , and caught on the branch of a tree . The young man seized it , and beheld a pink ribbon . " My ...
... dark cloud swept away , leav ing the clear and silent sky above Goodman Brown . But some- thing fluttered lightly down through the air , and caught on the branch of a tree . The young man seized it , and beheld a pink ribbon . " My ...
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Էջ 73 - Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship indeed?" cried the good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But— would your worship believe it?— my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of smallage, and cinquefoil, and wolf's bane"— "Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a newborn babe," said the shape...
Էջ 76 - ... doubting whether there really was a heaven above him. Yet there was the blue arch, and the stars brightening in it. "With heaven above and Faith below, I will yet stand firm against the devil!
Էջ 93 - Her face being now more revealed than on the former occasion, he was struck by its expression of simplicity and sweetness; qualities that had not entered into his idea of her character, and which made him ask anew, what manner of mortal she might be. Nor did he fail again to observe, or imagine, an analogy between the beautiful girl and the gorgeous shrub that hung its gem-like flowers over the fountain...
Էջ 77 - Ha! ha! ha!" roared Goodman Brown when the wind laughed at him. "Let us hear which will laugh loudest. Think not to frighten me with your deviltry. Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powwow, come devil himself, and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he fear you.
Էջ 70 - As nearly as could be discerned, the second traveller was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than features. Still they might have been taken for father and son. And yet, though the elder person was as simply clad as the younger, and as simple in manner too, he had an indescribable air of one who knew the world, and...
Էջ 68 - Say thy prayers, dear Faith, and go to bed at dusk, and no harm will come to thee." So they parted; and the young man pursued his way until, being about to turn the corner by the meeting-house, he looked back and saw the head of Faith still peeping after him with a melancholy air, in spite of her pink ribbons. "Poor little Faith!
Էջ 76 - Salem village, but never until now from a cloud of night. There was one voice of a young woman, uttering lamentations, yet with an uncertain sorrow, and entreating for some favor, which perhaps, it would grieve her to obtain; and all the unseen multitude, both saints and sinners, seemed to encourage her onward. 'Faith!
Էջ 82 - ... was taking a walk along the graveyard to get an appetite for breakfast and meditate his sermon, and bestowed a blessing, as he passed, on Goodman Brown. He shrank from the venerable saint as if to avoid an anathema. Old Deacon Gookin was at domestic worship, and the holy words of his prayer were heard through the open window. " What God doth the wizard pray to ?
Էջ 75 - ... athwart which they must have passed. Goodman Brown alternately crouched and stood on tiptoe, pulling aside the branches and thrusting forth his head as far as he durst without discerning so much as a shadow. It vexed him the more, because he could have sworn, were such a thing possible, that he...
Էջ 75 - ... so much as a shadow. It vexed him the more, because he could have sworn, were such a thing possible, that he recognized the voices of the minister and Deacon Gookin, jogging along quietly, as they were wont to do, when bound to some ordination or ecclesiastical council.