The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, Volume 10: American FictionEdgar Allan Poe, Edward Everett Hale, Washington Irving, Francis Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain P.F. Collier & Son Company, 1917 |
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الصفحة xiv
... them all romantically , and science he conceived as alchemy . This same predisposition appears in " Rappaccini's Daughter " ; she was the experiment of her father in creating a live poison - woman , a xiv CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS.
... them all romantically , and science he conceived as alchemy . This same predisposition appears in " Rappaccini's Daughter " ; she was the experiment of her father in creating a live poison - woman , a xiv CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS.
الصفحة xv
... woman , a vitalized flower , the Dryad as it were of the poison - tree humanized in mortal shape ; the physical object is here the flowering tree , with its heavy fragrance ; and the plot lies only in the gradual trans- formation of the ...
... woman , a vitalized flower , the Dryad as it were of the poison - tree humanized in mortal shape ; the physical object is here the flowering tree , with its heavy fragrance ; and the plot lies only in the gradual trans- formation of the ...
الصفحة xvi
... the shore , the forest round about all ; and for occasion and accessories , only a woman's sentence , the incidental death of Winthrop unmarked in itself , a buccaneering ship in the harbor xvi CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS.
... the shore , the forest round about all ; and for occasion and accessories , only a woman's sentence , the incidental death of Winthrop unmarked in itself , a buccaneering ship in the harbor xvi CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS.
الصفحة xxiii
... woman of flesh and blood . Mr. Dimmesdale was not only immoral ; he was unsportsmanlike . He had no more pluck than a church - mouse . His miserable passion was degraded by its brevity ; how could he see this woman's disgrace for seven ...
... woman of flesh and blood . Mr. Dimmesdale was not only immoral ; he was unsportsmanlike . He had no more pluck than a church - mouse . His miserable passion was degraded by its brevity ; how could he see this woman's disgrace for seven ...
الصفحة 6
... woman of their sect , which will last longer , it is to be feared , than any record of his better deeds , although these were many . His son , too , inherited the persecuting spirit , and made himself so conspicuous in the J - I 6 ...
... woman of their sect , which will last longer , it is to be feared , than any record of his better deeds , although these were many . His son , too , inherited the persecuting spirit , and made himself so conspicuous in the J - I 6 ...
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answered Arthur Dimmesdale asked Beatrice beauty beheld beneath bosom breast breath brook brought character child clergyman cried Custom-House dark deep Dimmesdale's door Dupin Edgar Allan Poe EDWARD EVERETT HALE evil eyes face fancy father felt flowers forest frog gaze Giovanni gleam hand hath head heard heart HENRY SEIDEL CANBY Hester Prynne human Ichabod Ichabod Crane imagination infant kind knew laugh little Pearl looked ment mind minister moral mother Mother Shipton nature never night Nolan Oakhurst old Roger Chillingworth once passed passion perhaps physician poor Puritan Rappaccini RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER Reverend Rip Van Winkle Roaring Camp scarlet letter scene seemed seen shadow side Sleepy Hollow smile Smily soul speak spirit stood story strange Stumpy sunshine sympathy talk tell thee thing thou thought took trees truth turned voice whole wild window Winkle woman young
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الصفحة 211 - thy mistress leads thee a dog's life of it; but never mind, my lad, whilst I live, thou shalt never want a friend to stand by thee!" Wolf would wag his tail, look wistfully in his master's face, and if dogs can feel pity, I verily believe he reciprocated the sentiment with all his heart.
الصفحة xviii - Of fruits and flowers and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes As are the tiger-moth's deep-damasked wings ; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blushed with blood of queens and kings.
الصفحة 214 - ... countenances, that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
الصفحة 359 - He got him up so in the matter of ketching flies, and kep' him in practice so constant, that he'd nail a fly every time as fur as he could see him. Smiley said all a frog wanted was education, and he could do 'most anything — and I believe him. Why, I've seen him set Dan'l Webster down here on this floor — Dan'l Webster was the name of the frog — and sing out "Flies, Dan'l, flies!
الصفحة 359 - Frenchman, but it warn't no use— he couldn't budge; he was planted as solid as a church, and he couldn't no more stir than if he was anchored out. Smiley was a good deal surprised, and he was disgusted too, but he didn't have no idea what the matter was, of course. The feller took the money and started away; and when he was going out at the door, he sorter jerked his thumb over his shoulder— so— at Dan'l, and says again, very deliberate, "Well," he says, "I don't see no p'ints about that frog...
الصفحة 359 - ... filled him pretty near up to his chin — and set him on the floor. Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud for a long time, and finally he ketched a frog and fetched him in and give him to this feller, and says : " Now, if you're ready, set him alongside of Dan'l, with his fore-paws just even with Dan'l's, and I'll give the word.
الصفحة 393 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
الصفحة 232 - Old Baltus Van Tassel was a perfect picture of a thriving, contented, liberal-hearted farmer. He seldom, it is true, sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm ; but within those everything was snug, happy and well-conditioned.
الصفحة 245 - Zee spread its dusky and indistinct waste of waters, with here and there the tall mast of a sloop, riding quietly at anchor under the land. In the dead hush of midnight, he could even hear the barking of the watch-dog from the opposite shore of the Hudson ; but it was so vague and faint as only to give an idea of his distance from this faithful companion of man.
الصفحة 270 - DURING THE WHOLE of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.