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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

"Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1"

The shock was so great
that it killed her likewise.

January 4th, 1839.--When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of
hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth
being so intermixed, with sky, and gradually transformed into it.
A stranger, dying, is buried; and after many years two strangers come in
search of his grave, and open it.
The strange sensation of a person who feels himself an object of deep
interest, and close observation, and various construction of all his
actions, by another person.
Letters in the shape of figures of men, etc. At a distance, the words
composed by the letters are alone distinguishable. Close at hand, the
figures alone are seen, and not distinguished as letters. Thus things
may have a positive, a relative, and a composite meaning, according to
the point of view.
"Passing along the street, all muddy with puddles, and suddenly seeing
the sky reflected in these puddles in such a way as quite to conceal the
foulness of the street."
A young man in search of happiness,--to be personified by a figure whom
he expects to meet in a crowd, and is to be recognized by certain signs.


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