1 I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment.
2 I enjoyed this scene, and yet my enjoyment was embittered both by the memory of the past and the anticipation of the future.
3 Once my fancy was soothed with dreams of virtue, of fame, and of enjoyment.
4 It is probable that there was an idea of penance in this mode of occupation, and that she offered up a real sacrifice of enjoyment in devoting so many hours to such rude handiwork.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 5 From that epoch, except when the child was asleep, Hester had never felt a moment's safety: not a moment's calm enjoyment of her.
6 The decision once made, a glow of strange enjoyment threw its flickering brightness over the trouble of his breast.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE 7 Lady Middleton piqued herself upon the elegance of her table, and of all her domestic arrangements; and from this kind of vanity was her greatest enjoyment in any of their parties.
8 They speedily discovered that their enjoyment of dancing and music was mutual, and that it arose from a general conformity of judgment in all that related to either.
9 His society became gradually her most exquisite enjoyment.
10 When breakfast was over she walked out by herself, and wandered about the village of Allenham, indulging the recollection of past enjoyment and crying over the present reverse for the chief of the morning.
11 His visit afforded her but a very partial satisfaction, while his own enjoyment in it appeared so imperfect.
12 She saw their sashes untied, their hair pulled about their ears, their work-bags searched, and their knives and scissors stolen away, and felt no doubt of its being a reciprocal enjoyment.
13 There was such a malignant enjoyment in her utterance of the last words, and she broke into such a disagreeable laugh, that I was at a loss what to say.
14 She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket's jealous dismay.
15 His enjoyment of the spectacle I furnished, as he sat with his arms folded on the table, shaking his head at me and hugging himself, had a malignity in it that made me tremble.