 Yet, by a strange deception, owing to the duskiness of the chamber, and the antique dresses which they still •wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the skinny...  Hawthorne's Works - Page 255by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 682 pages
...the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reffected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grand-sires, ridiculously...contending for the skinny ugliness of a shrivelled grand-dam. But they were young : their burning passions proved them so. Inflamed to madness by the... | |
 | 1849 - 508 pages
...the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires. ridiculously...girl-widow, who neither granted nor quite withheld her favours, the three rivals begun to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1861 - 302 pages
...o" -teiire p, witheredvgi*tndsires, ridiculoflsty contending for the skinny ugliness of a shrivelled But they were young : their burning passions proved...to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair prize, they grappled fiercely at one another's throats. As they struggled to and fro,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1865 - 464 pages
...the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have refleeteil the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously...neither granted nor quite withheld her favors, the throe rivals began to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair prize, they grappled... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1871 - 302 pages
...the antique dresses which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously...to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair prize, they grappled fiercely at one another's throats. As they struggled to and fro,... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pages
...which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, grey, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the...girl-widow, who neither granted nor quite withheld her favours, the three rivals began to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...which they still wore, the tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, grey, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the...girl-widow, who neither granted nor quite withheld her favours, the three rivals began to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - Children's stories - 1876 - 268 pages
...me, Clara ! " cried Colonel Killigrew. " No, no, I will be her partner ! " shouted Mr. Gascoigue. " She promised me her hand, fifty years ago ! " exclaimed...to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair prize, they grappled fiercely at one another's throats. As they struggled to and fro,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1878 - 602 pages
...remained in their triple embrace. Never was there a livelier picture of youthful rivalship, with tlie three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously...to interchange threatening glances. Still keeping hold of the fair prize, they grappled fiercely at one another's throats. As they struggled to and fro,... | |
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