 Not to be deficient in this particular, the author has provided himself with a moral ; — the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive ones, and, divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and...  Character and Characteristic Men - Page 217by Edwin Percy Whipple - 1866 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 662 pages
...very useful one, " the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the succeeding ones, and divesting itself of every temporary advantage becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." We are taught " the folly of tumbling down an avalanche of ill-gotten gold or real estate on the heads... | |
 | 1851 - 796 pages
...object, as в moral, is to sh<w that tbe wrong-doing of one generation lives into the successive one?, and divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief. Tb.; m iiiMiT • and sentiments of the Eastern States are those chiefly delineated in ¡;pages, which... | |
 | 1897 - 404 pages
...punishment. Its background is old Salem, its theme, in Hawthorne's own words, is how "the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones, and, divesting itself of every advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." The romance has almost the three unities of... | |
 | Daniel Dana, jr. (Firm) - 1857 - 326 pages
...344. $1.00. The moral of this story is : " The wrong-doing of one generation lives into the succeeding ones, and, divesting itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." TANGLE WOOD TALES, for Girls and Boys; being a Set on d and of the Pomegranate Seeds; and the Golden... | |
 | Nathaniel [two or more stories] Hawthorne - 1866 - 596 pages
...be deficient in this particular, the author has provided himself with a moral;—the truth, namely, that the wrongdoing of one generation lives into the...temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief;—and he would feel it a singular gratification, if this romance might effectually convince... | |
 | 1866 - 642 pages
...very useful one, " the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into the succeeding ones, and divesting itself of every temporary advantage becomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief." We are taught " the folly of tumbling down an avalanche of ill-gotten gold or real estate on the heads... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 560 pages
...has dwelt upon so often, so earnestly, so painfully, as that which he styles emphatically 'the truth, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into...and divesting itself of every temporary advantage, beaomes a pure and uncontrollable mischief.' He repeats this idea more often than any other in his... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1879 - 638 pages
...deficient in this particular, the anthor has provided himself with a moral ; — the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into...itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uneontrollable mischief ; and he would feel it a singular gratification, if this romanee might effeetually... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 656 pages
...deficient in this particular, the author has provided himself with a moral, — the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives^ into...of every \ temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontrol- 1 lable mischief ; and he would feel it a singular grat- ' ification if this romance might... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1893 - 386 pages
...deficient in this particular, the author has provided himself with a moral ; — the truth, namely, that the wrong-doing of one generation lives into...itself of every temporary advantage, becomes a pure and uncontroL lable mischief; — and he would feel it a singular gratification, if this romance might... | |
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