 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...  Hawthorne's Works: Twice-told tales - Page 231by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - English literature - 1831 - 372 pages
...inhabitants ! The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...felicity, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining an emotion peculiar to himself. But none of these things are possible ; and if I would know the interior... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1831 - 342 pages
...inhabitants! The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...felicity, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining an emotion peculiar to himself. But none of these things are possible; and if I would know the interior... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds, searching into their heart«, borrowing brightness from their felicity, and shade...if I would know the interior of brick walls, or the royetery of human bosoms, I can but guess. Yonder is a fair street, extending north and couth. The... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1871 - 302 pages
...ibitants ! The most desirable mode of existence aight be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...into their hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicin, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself. But none of these... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Death in literature - 1873 - 490 pages
...surmises the most desirable mode of existence to be possibly that of a spiritualized Paul Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...emotion peculiar to himself. But none of these things being possible, our wistful watchman, if he would know the interior of brick walls, or the mystery... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - Children's stories - 1876 - 268 pages
...inhabitants ! The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...borrowing brightness from their felicity, and shade from iheir sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself. J3ut none of these things are possible... | |
 | Joseph Converse Heywood - American literature - 1877 - 326 pages
...felt that " the most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry, hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicity, 16 and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself;" whose mental operations... | |
 | Joseph Converse Heywood - American literature - 1877 - 310 pages
...woman, witnessing their deeds, searching into their hearts, borrowing brightness from their felicity, 16 and shade from their sorrow, and retaining no emotion peculiar to himself;" whose mental operations and methods are of the class indicated in the foregoing examination—it is... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 540 pages
...inhabitants ! The most desirable mode of existence might be that of a spiritualized Paul Pry hovering invisible round man and woman, witnessing their deeds,...of these things are possible ; and if I would know U" >*teSIGHTS FROM A STEEPLE. 209 rior of brick walls, or tlie mystery of human bosoms, I can but guess.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 270 pages
...man and woman, witnessing their dceds, searehing into their hearts, borrowing brightness from iheir felicity, and shade from their sorrow, and retaining...these things are possible; and if I would know the intoSIGHTS FBOtt A STEEPLEean but gucss. ^tendinc north and south. The Yonder is a fiur . rce^£* its... | |
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