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1 It was, indeed, a majestic idea that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
2 Its spell, however, was still potent, and kept the scaffold awful where the poor minister had died, and likewise the cottage by the sea-shore where Hester Prynne had dwelt.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XXIV. CONCLUSION
3 It showed the familiar scene of the street with the distinctness of mid-day, but also with the awfulness that is always imparted to familiar objects by an unaccustomed light.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
4 Amongst any other population, or at a later period in the history of New England, the grim rigidity that petrified the bearded physiognomies of these good people would have augured some awful business in hand.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
5 Sometimes a light glimmered out of the physician's eyes, burning blue and ominous, like the reflection of a furnace, or, let us say, like one of those gleams of ghastly fire that darted from Bunyan's awful doorway in the hillside, and quivered on the pilgrim's face.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
6 Certainly, if the meteor kindled up the sky, and disclosed the earth, with an awfulness that admonished Hester Prynne and the clergyman of the day of judgment, then might Roger Chillingworth have passed with them for the arch-fiend, standing there with a smile and scowl, to claim his own.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
7 In either case, there was very much the same solemnity of demeanour on the part of the spectators, as befitted a people among whom religion and law were almost identical, and in whose character both were so thoroughly interfused, that the mildest and severest acts of public discipline were alike made venerable and awful.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In II. THE MARKET-PLACE