An Approach to Literature: A Collection of Prose and Verse with Analyses and DiscussionsCleanth Brooks, John Thibaut Purser, Robert Penn Warren F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 - 634 pages |
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Page 242
... Hester Prynne ? Are my purposes wont to be so shallow ? Even if I imagine a scheme of vengeance , what could I do ... Hester's breast , as if it had been red - hot . He noticed her involuntary gesture , and smiled . “ Live , therefore ...
... Hester Prynne ? Are my purposes wont to be so shallow ? Even if I imagine a scheme of vengeance , what could I do ... Hester's breast , as if it had been red - hot . He noticed her involuntary gesture , and smiled . “ Live , therefore ...
Page 273
... Hester , the town's own Hester , who is so kind to the poor , so helpful to the sick , so comfortable to the afflicted ! " Then , it is true , the propensity of human nature to tell the very worst of itself , when embodied in the person ...
... Hester , the town's own Hester , who is so kind to the poor , so helpful to the sick , so comfortable to the afflicted ! " Then , it is true , the propensity of human nature to tell the very worst of itself , when embodied in the person ...
Page 284
... Hester Prynne , thou little , little knowest all the horror of this thing ! And the shame ! -the in- delicacy ! -the horrible ugliness of this exposure of a sick and guilty heart to the very eye that would gloat over it ! Woman , woman ...
... Hester Prynne , thou little , little knowest all the horror of this thing ! And the shame ! -the in- delicacy ! -the horrible ugliness of this exposure of a sick and guilty heart to the very eye that would gloat over it ! Woman , woman ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY | 17 |
Bret Harte | 35 |
Guy de Maupassant | 41 |
Copyright | |
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