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1  She remembered her oath, and was silent.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
2  She silently ascended the steps, and stood on the platform, holding little Pearl by the hand.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
3  The Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale bent his head, in silent prayer, as it seemed, and then came forward.
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ContextHighlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
4  But not to suggest more obvious reasons, it may be that they are kept silent by the very constitution of their nature.
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ContextHighlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
5  As the life and good fame of yonder man were in your hands there seemed no choice to me, save to be silent in accordance with your behest.
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ContextHighlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
6  The multitude, silent till then, broke out in a strange, deep voice of awe and wonder, which could not as yet find utterance, save in this murmur that rolled so heavily after the departed spirit.
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ContextHighlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
7  She then remained apart, silently watching Hester and the clergyman; while they talked together and made such arrangements as were suggested by their new position and the purposes soon to be fulfilled.
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ContextHighlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
8  By this time Pearl had reached the margin of the brook, and stood on the further side, gazing silently at Hester and the clergyman, who still sat together on the mossy tree-trunk waiting to receive her.
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ContextHighlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
9  She grew to have a dread of children; for they had imbibed from their parents a vague idea of something horrible in this dreary woman gliding silently through the town, with never any companion but one only child.
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ContextHighlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
10  Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent, not from any notion of obedience, but because the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition was excited by the appearance of those new personages.
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ContextHighlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
11  Little Pearl at first clapped her hands, but then lost for an instant the restless agitation that had kept her in a continual effervescence throughout the morning; she gazed silently, and seemed to be borne upward like a floating sea-bird on the long heaves and swells of sound.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION