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... genius , but it was not until the publication of The Scarlet Letter , in 1850 , that Hawthorne's name was fairly before the world as a great and original writer of romance . House of the Seven Gables followed in 1851 ; The Blithe ...
... genius , but it was not until the publication of The Scarlet Letter , in 1850 , that Hawthorne's name was fairly before the world as a great and original writer of romance . House of the Seven Gables followed in 1851 ; The Blithe ...
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... genius , we may say , had come down from heaven with wonderful endowments . If he sang of a mountain , the eyes of all mankind beheld a mightier grandeur reposing on its breast , or soaring to its summit , than had before been seen ...
... genius , we may say , had come down from heaven with wonderful endowments . If he sang of a mountain , the eyes of all mankind beheld a mightier grandeur reposing on its breast , or soaring to its summit , than had before been seen ...
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... genius , knack , therefore , for the imitation of the human figure in whatever material came most readily to hand . The snows of a New England winter had often supplied him with a species of marble as dazzlingly white , at least , as ...
... genius , knack , therefore , for the imitation of the human figure in whatever material came most readily to hand . The snows of a New England winter had often supplied him with a species of marble as dazzlingly white , at least , as ...
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... genius , the tokens of which had heretofore been overlooked . But no ; there was not a trace of it . He was about to withdraw when his eyes chanced to fall upon a half - developed figure which lay in a corner of the workshop ...
... genius , the tokens of which had heretofore been overlooked . But no ; there was not a trace of it . He was about to withdraw when his eyes chanced to fall upon a half - developed figure which lay in a corner of the workshop ...
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... genius ! " As Copley departed , happening to glance backward from the threshold , he beheld Drowne bending over the half - created shape , and stretching forth his arms as if he would have embraced and drawn it to his heart ; while ...
... genius ! " As Copley departed , happening to glance backward from the threshold , he beheld Drowne bending over the half - created shape , and stretching forth his arms as if he would have embraced and drawn it to his heart ; while ...
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