 It was good, nevertheless, to meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence like the garment of a shining one ; and he so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each...  Routine and Ideals: By Le Baron Russell Briggs - Page 76by Le Baron Russell Briggs - 1904 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1846 - 222 pages
...meet him in the wood-paths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining...man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary man had, perchance, inscriptions which he... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1846 - 222 pages
...meet him in the wood-paths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining...man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary man had, perchance, inscriptions which he... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 694 pages
...meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining one ; and he is so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each man alive as if he expected to receive... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 724 pages
...meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining one ; and he is so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each man alive as if he expected to receive... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 - 472 pages
...with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining ono ; and he so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each man alivo as if expecting to receive more than ho could impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1865 - 300 pages
...meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure, intellectual gleam diffused about his presence like the garment of a shining one...and he, so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encoun- ' tering each man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. And, in truth,... | |
 | Henry James - 1879 - 210 pages
...meet him in the wood-paths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining...man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart !" One may without indiscretion risk the surmise that Hawthorne's perception of the "shining"... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 406 pages
...upon other minds "with wonderful magnetism." " It was good, said his neighbor at the ' Old Manse," to meet him in- the wood-paths, or sometimes in our...if expecting to receive more than he would impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary man had, perchance, inscriptions which he could not read.... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1889 - 352 pages
...meet him in the wood-paths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence like the garment of a shining one...man alive, as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary man has, perchance, inscriptions which he... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1882 - 582 pages
...to meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence like the garment of a shining one...man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. And, in truth, the heart of many an ordinary man had, perchance, inscriptions which he... | |
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