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Pagina ii
... human face to be formed on the side of a mountain , or in the fracture of a small stone , by a lusus naturæ . The face is an object of curiosity for years or for centuries , and by and by a boy is born , whose fea- tures gradually ...
... human face to be formed on the side of a mountain , or in the fracture of a small stone , by a lusus naturæ . The face is an object of curiosity for years or for centuries , and by and by a boy is born , whose fea- tures gradually ...
Pagina 19
... human likeness about it . And she saw Violet and Peony , indeed , she looked more at them than at the image , — she saw the two children still at work ; Peony bringing fresh snow , and Violet applying it to the fig- ure as ...
... human likeness about it . And she saw Violet and Peony , indeed , she looked more at them than at the image , — she saw the two children still at work ; Peony bringing fresh snow , and Violet applying it to the fig- ure as ...
Pagina 34
... human cunning , and compelled to turn the machinery of cotton - factories . The inhabitants of this valley , in short , were numerous , and of many modes of life . But all of them , grown people and children , had a kind of familiarity ...
... human cunning , and compelled to turn the machinery of cotton - factories . The inhabitants of this valley , in short , were numerous , and of many modes of life . But all of them , grown people and children , had a kind of familiarity ...
Pagina 35
... human countenance . It seemed as if an enormous giant , or a Titan , had sculptured his own like- ness on the precipice . There was the broad arch of the forehead , a hundred feet in height ; the nose , with its long bridge ; and the ...
... human countenance . It seemed as if an enormous giant , or a Titan , had sculptured his own like- ness on the precipice . There was the broad arch of the forehead , a hundred feet in height ; the nose , with its long bridge ; and the ...
Pagina 40
... human affairs as wide and benignant as the smile of the Great Stone Face . Full of faith and hope , Ernest doubted not that what the people said was true , and that now he was to behold the living likeness of those wondrous features on ...
... human affairs as wide and benignant as the smile of the Great Stone Face . Full of faith and hope , Ernest doubted not that what the people said was true , and that now he was to behold the living likeness of those wondrous features on ...
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appeared behold bell beneath bosom bright cave child cold cried dark dear DEVIL IN MANUSCRIPT door dwelling Edgar Vaughan England Ernest Ethan Brand Etherege eyes father figure fire footsteps forest French Gathergold gaze gentleman girl gleam glow grave gray hand head heard heart heaven human Indian Inglefield iron tongue kiln kinsman laugh light lime-burner little Daffydowndilly looked Main Street Major Molineux mamma meeting-house ment Miriam mother Mount Defiance Naumkeag neighbors never night Oberon pass perhaps poet pray Prudence Puritan replied Richard Digby Robin Roger Conant scene seemed shadow Shaker shout showman smile snow snow-child snow-image snow-sister soldiers Stone Face stood strange stranger summons sunshine Sylph Sylvia thee thought throng Ticonderoga Toil town trees turned TWICE-TOLD TALES Unpardonable Sin valley village Violet and Peony visage voice whole wife wild window yonder young youth