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1  Leave this wreck and ruin here where it hath happened.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
2  Not to hide the truth, Mistress Hester, my thoughts happen just now to be busy with the gentleman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
3  This he repressed as speedily as possible, and strove to look as if nothing of the kind had happened.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
4  Philosophically considered, therefore, the two passions seem essentially the same, except that one happens to be seen in a celestial radiance, and the other in a dusky and lurid glow.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XXIV. CONCLUSION
5  After parting from the physician, the commander of the Bristol ship strolled idly through the market-place; until happening to approach the spot where Hester Prynne was standing, he appeared to recognise, and did not hesitate to address her.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
6  In furtherance of this choice, it so happened that a ship lay in the harbour; one of those unquestionable cruisers, frequent at that day, which, without being absolutely outlaws of the deep, yet roamed over its surface with a remarkable irresponsibility of character.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
7  This was a large wooden house, built in a fashion of which there are specimens still extant in the streets of our older towns now moss-grown, crumbling to decay, and melancholy at heart with the many sorrowful or joyful occurrences, remembered or forgotten, that have happened and passed away within their dusky chambers.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
ContextHighlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL