 And forthwith he employed himself on the stolid countenance of one of his wooden progeny, and completed it in his own mechanical style, from which he was never known afterwards to deviate. He followed his business industriously for many years, acquired...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 2721844Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - United States - 1863 - 310 pages
...lifetime. " I hardly understand what you mean, Mr. Copley," said he, putting his hand to his brow. " This image ! Can it have been my work ? Well, I have...of the Province House, bedazzling the eyes of those wlio looked upward, like an angel of the sun. Another work of the good deacon's hand — a reduced... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 444 pages
...attained to a dignified station in the church, being remembered in records and traditions as Deacon O Drowne, the carver. One of his productions, an Indian...work of the good deacon's hand — a reduced likeness ot his friend Captain Hunnewell, holding a telescope Mid quadrant — may be seen to this day, at the... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 516 pages
...to a dignified station in the church, being remembered in records and traditions as Deacon Di'owne, the carver. One of his productions, an Indian chief,...work of the good deacon's hand — a reduced likeness o* his friend Captain Hunnewell, holding a telescop* »nd quadrant — may be seen to this day, at... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - United States - 1882 - 572 pages
...Drowne, the carver. One of his productions, an Indian chief, gilded all ovuc MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE. stood during the better part of a century on the cupola...Another work of the good deacon's hand — a reduced likenesa of his friend Captain Hunnewell, holding a telescope and quadrant — may be seen to this... | |
 | New England - 1885 - 504 pages
...real Shem Drowne of history, only by speaking of him this once as " Deacon Drowne," and saying : " One of his productions, an Indian Chief, gilded all...those who looked upward, like an angel of the sun ; " plainly indicating that he thought the Indian was carved from wood, instead of being made, as it... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - Fiction - 1894 - 566 pages
...attained to a dignified station in the church, being remembered in records and traditions as Deacon Browne the carver. One of his productions — an Indian chief...the better part of a century on the cupola of the province-house, bedazzling the eyes of those who looked upward like an angel of the sun. Another work... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1897 - 230 pages
...he employed himself on the stolid countenance of one of his wooden progeny, and completed it in hia own mechanical style, from which he was never known...angel of the sun. Another work of the good deacon's hand—a reduced likeness of his friend Captain Hunnewell, holding a telescope and quadrant—may be... | |
 | New England - 1885 - 506 pages
...real Shem Drowne of history, only by speaking of him this once as " Deacon Drowne," and saying : " One of his productions, an Indian Chief, gilded all...those who looked upward, like an angel of the sun ; " plainly indicating that he thought the Indian was carved from wood, instead of being made, as it... | |
 | Klaus Lubbers - Art - 1994 - 332 pages
...Indian archer made by the Boston figurehead carver Shem Drowne in 1742, immortalized by Hawthorne: "One of his productions, an Indian chief, gilded all...eyes of those who looked upward, like an angel of the sun."97 The Salemite's intriguing simile yokes Christian and pagan mythology together. In the nineteenth... | |
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