Mosses from an Old ManseGeorge P. Putnam, 1851 |
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... earthly abode at the opposite extremity of our village . His mind acted upon other minds , of a certain constitution , with wonderful magnetism , and drew many men upon long pilgrimages , to speak with him face to face . Young ...
... earthly abode at the opposite extremity of our village . His mind acted upon other minds , of a certain constitution , with wonderful magnetism , and drew many men upon long pilgrimages , to speak with him face to face . Young ...
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... Nature , that this slightest possible defect - which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty- shocks me , as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection . " " Shocks you , my husband ! " cried Georgiana , deeply hurt ; at ...
... Nature , that this slightest possible defect - which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty- shocks me , as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection . " " Shocks you , my husband ! " cried Georgiana , deeply hurt ; at ...
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... mortality clutches the highest and purest of earthly mould , degrading them into kindred with the lowest , and even with the very brutes , like whom their visible frames return to dust . In this manner , 34 MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE .
... mortality clutches the highest and purest of earthly mould , degrading them into kindred with the lowest , and even with the very brutes , like whom their visible frames return to dust . In this manner , 34 MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE .
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... nature , at finding itself so miserably thwarted by the earthly part . Perhaps every man of genius , in whatever sphere , might recognize the image of his own experience in Aylmer's journal . So deeply did these reflections affect ...
... nature , at finding itself so miserably thwarted by the earthly part . Perhaps every man of genius , in whatever sphere , might recognize the image of his own experience in Aylmer's journal . So deeply did these reflections affect ...
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... earthly senses are closing over my spirit , like the leaves around the heart of a rose , at sunset . " She spoke the last words with a gentle reluctance , as if it re- quired almost more energy than she could command to pronounce the ...
... earthly senses are closing over my spirit , like the leaves around the heart of a rose , at sunset . " She spoke the last words with a gentle reluctance , as if it re- quired almost more energy than she could command to pronounce the ...
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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.