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1 Thus she will be a living sermon against sin, until the ignominious letter be engraved upon her tombstone.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In III. THE RECOGNITION
2 It was in sufficient proximity to bring the whole sermon to her ears, in the shape of an indistinct but varied murmur and flow of the minister's very peculiar voice.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XXII. THE PROCESSION
3 There on the table, with the inky pen beside it, was an unfinished sermon, with a sentence broken in the midst, where his thoughts had ceased to gush out upon the page two days before.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
4 Souls, it is said, more souls than one, were brought to the truth by the efficacy of that sermon, and vowed within themselves to cherish a holy gratitude towards Mr. Dimmesdale throughout the long hereafter.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
5 Muffled as the sound was by its passage through the church walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intenseness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely apart from its indistinguishable words.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XXII. THE PROCESSION
6 He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of sermons, and had no more right than one of those portraits would have to step forth, as he now did, and meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In III. THE RECOGNITION
7 The minister might stand there, if it so pleased him, until morning should redden in the east, without other risk than that the dank and chill night air would creep into his frame, and stiffen his joints with rheumatism, and clog his throat with catarrh and cough; thereby defrauding the expectant audience of to-morrow's prayer and sermon.
The Scarlet LetterBy Nathaniel Hawthorne ContextHighlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL