Twice-told Tales, Volume 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1861 |
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... observation of every sketch . Instead of passion , there is sentiment ; and , even in what purport to be pictures of actual life , we have allegory , not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood , as to be taken ...
... observation of every sketch . Instead of passion , there is sentiment ; and , even in what purport to be pictures of actual life , we have allegory , not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood , as to be taken ...
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... observed to wander , for an instant , towards a window of the church , as if searching for the time- worn marble that she had dedicated to her first husband ; then her eyelids dropped over their faded orbs , and her thoughts were drawn ...
... observed to wander , for an instant , towards a window of the church , as if searching for the time- worn marble that she had dedicated to her first husband ; then her eyelids dropped over their faded orbs , and her thoughts were drawn ...
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... observed , that , from pew to pew , the spectators shuddered with irrepressible awe , as some object , hitherto concealed by the intervening figures , came full in sight . Many turned away their faces ; others kept a fixed and rigid ...
... observed , that , from pew to pew , the spectators shuddered with irrepressible awe , as some object , hitherto concealed by the intervening figures , came full in sight . Many turned away their faces ; others kept a fixed and rigid ...
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... observe , how slowly this venerable man became conscious of something singular in the appearance of his pastor . He seemed not fully to partake of the prevailing wonder , till Mr. Hooper had ascended the stairs , and showed himself in ...
... observe , how slowly this venerable man became conscious of something singular in the appearance of his pastor . He seemed not fully to partake of the prevailing wonder , till Mr. Hooper had ascended the stairs , and showed himself in ...
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... observed to look back upon the people , all of whom had their eyes fixed upon the minister . A sad smile gleamed faintly from beneath the black veil , and flickered about his mouth , glimmering as he disappeared . ' How strange , ' said ...
... observed to look back upon the people , all of whom had their eyes fixed upon the minister . A sad smile gleamed faintly from beneath the black veil , and flickered about his mouth , glimmering as he disappeared . ' How strange , ' said ...
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affection Annie appeared awful beautiful became become bell beneath black veil breath bright Carbuncle cause child church close comes continued cried dark dead death deep Dominicus door earth expression eyes face fancy feeling figure fire fountain friends gathered gaze girl give glance glass grave gray green hand head heard heart Heaven hill Hooper hour Ilbrahim keep kind lady leaves light living look meet Merry mind moral morning mother Mount natural never night observed once passed perhaps person picture poor Puritan Quaker replied rose round scene seemed shadow side smile soul spirit stand step stood strange street sunshine tell thing thou thought till toll town trees turned voice Wakefield wandering whispered whole wife wild window woman young youth
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Page 282 - He sat in a highbacked, elaborately-carved, oaken arm-chair, with a gray dignity of aspect that might have well befitted that very Father Time, whose power had never been disputed, save by this fortunate company. Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage. But, the next moment, the exhilarating gush of young life shot through their veins. They were now in the happy prime of youth. Age, with its miserable train of...
Page 9 - The sketches are not, it is hardly necessary to say, profound; but it is rather more remarkable that they so seldom, if ever, show any design on the writer's part to make them so. They have none of the abstruseness of idea, or obscurity of expression, which mark the written communications of a solitary mind with itself. They never need translation. It is, in fact, the style of a man of society.
Page 280 - Patience, patience!" quoth Dr. Heidegger, who sat watching the experiment with philosophic coolness. "You have been a long time growing old; surely you might be content to grow young in half an hour. But the water is at your service." Again he filled their glasses with the liquor of youth, enough of which still remained in the vase to turn half the old people in the city to the age of their own grandchildren. While the bubbles were yet sparkling on the brim the doctor's four guests snatched their...
Page 272 - Man must not disclaim his brotherhood, even with the guiltiest, since, though his hand be clean, his heart has surely been polluted by the flitting phantoms of iniquity.
Page 54 - But the bride's cold fingers quivered in the tremulous hand of the bridegroom, and her deathlike paleness caused a whisper that the maiden who had been buried a few hours before was come from her grave to be married. If ever another wedding were so dismal, it was that famous one where they tolled the wedding knell. After performing the ceremony, Mr. Hooper raised a glass of wine to his lips, wishing happiness to the new-married couple in a strain of mild pleasantry that ought to have brightened the...
Page 230 - The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds, searching into their hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicity, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself.
Page 15 - There were the sober garb, the general severity of mien, the gloomy but undismayed expression, the scriptural forms of speech, and the confidence in Heaven's blessing on a righteous cause, which would have marked a band of the original Puritans, when threatened by some peril of the wilderness.
Page 279 - Drink, then," said the doctor, bowing; " I rejoice that I have so well selected the subjects of my experiment." With palsied hands they raised the glasses to their lips. The liquor, if it really possessed such virtues as Dr.
Page 274 - ... duodecimos. Over the central bookcase was a bronze bust of Hippocrates, with which, according to some authorities, Dr. Heidegger was accustomed to hold consultations in all difficult cases of his practice. In the obscurest corner of the room stood a tall and narrow oaken closet, with its door ajar, within which doubtfully appeared a skeleton.
Page 280 - Again he filled their glasses with the liquor of youth, enough of which still remained in the vase to turn half the old people in the city to the age of their own grandchildren. While the bubbles were yet sparkling on the brim, the doctor's four guests snatched their glasses from the table and swallowed the contents at a single gulp. Was it delusion? Even while the draught was passing down their throats it seemed to have wrought a change on their whole systems. Their eyes grew clear and bright ;...