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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

"Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1"


All these signs are given by a figure in various garbs and actions, but
he does not recognize that this is the sought-for person till too late.
If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would
appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced
forth to light, fantastic airs.
Familiar spirits, according to Lilly, used to be worn in rings, watches,
sword-hilts. Thumb-rings were set with jewels of extraordinary size.
A very fanciful person, when dead, to have his burial in a cloud.
"A story there passeth of an Indian king that sent unto Alexander a fair
woman, fed with aconite and other poisons, with this intent
complexionally to destroy him!"--Sir T. Browne.
Dialogues of the unborn, like dialogues of the dead,--or between two
young children.
A mortal symptom for a person being to lose his own aspect and to take
the family lineaments, which were hidden deep in the healthful visage.
Perhaps a seeker might thus recognize the man he had sought, after long
intercourse with him unknowingly.
Some moderns to build a fire on Ararat with the remnants of the ark.


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