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The Marble Faun : Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, Illustrated with Photogravures

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

... an- tique statues, a well-known masterpiece of Grecian sculp- ture, and a young Italian, the fourth member of their party. “You must needs confess, K... ... member of their party. “You must needs confess, Kenyon,” said a dark-eyed young woman, whom her friends called Miriam, “that you never chiselled out ... ...an, “pray gratify us all by taking the exact attitude of this statue.” The young man laughed, and threw himself into the posi- tion in which the statu... ... express its magic peculiarity in words. The Faun is the marble image of a young man, leaning his right arm on the trunk or stump of a tree; one hand ... ... “I entreat you to take the tips of my ears for granted.” As he spoke, the young Italian made a skip and jump, light enough for a veritable faun; so a... ... that you hardly knew which tree had made it. Again, there were avenues of cy- press, resembling dark flames of huge funeral candles, which spread dus...

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The Marble Faun : Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, Illustrated with Photogravures

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

... an- tique statues, a well-known masterpiece of Grecian sculp- ture, and a young Italian, the fourth member of their party. “You must needs confess, K... ... member of their party. “You must needs confess, Kenyon,” said a dark-eyed young woman, whom her friends called Miriam, “that you never chiselled out ... ...an, “pray gratify us all by taking the exact attitude of this statue.” The young man laughed, and threw himself into the posi- tion in which the statu... ... express its magic peculiarity in words. The Faun is the marble image of a young man, leaning his right arm on the trunk or stump of a tree; one hand ... ... “I entreat you to take the tips of my ears for granted.” As he spoke, the young Italian made a skip and jump, light enough for a veritable faun; so a... ... that you hardly knew which tree had made it. Again, there were avenues of cy- press, resembling dark flames of huge funeral candles, which spread dus...

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Miscellaneous Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

...bright consummate flower;” or, amongst human flowers, the most magnificent young female, apparelled in the pomp of womanhood. And thus not only the id... ...ich he treated them- selves, that he could be nothing more than some green young man, they concluded that they should have all the easier task in disp... ...y is familiar, though hitherto not put in a proper light. Berkeley, when a young man, went to Paris and called on Père Malebranche. He found him in hi... ... that, when he reached Cruickshank’s he was positively not dead. Mr. ——, a young student at that time, had the honor of giving him the coup de grâce, ... ...ecame known to fame under the title of the Master of the Rolls; but he was young and unspoiled: whereas this man was a monstrous feather-bed in person... ...Prophet and twenty such fellows. I used to call him Cyclops mastigophorus, Cy- clops the whip-bearer, until I observed that his skill made whips usele...

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