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" This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in which the preacher spoke, might still have been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence. Like all other music, it breathed passion... "
New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 169
1864
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The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1850 - 320 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotious high or tender, in a tongue native to the human heart, wherever educated. Muffled as the sound...
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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 - 328 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...the church-walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intentness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely...
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The Scarlet Letter, Volume 1

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1852 - 268 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...was by its passage through the churchwalls, Hester Pryrnie listened with such intonseness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's tales. Twice told tales, first and second series; Snow ...

Nathaniel [two or more stories] Hawthorne - 1866 - 596 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence. lake all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender, in a tongue native...
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Hawthorne's Works: The scarlet letter and the Blithedale romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1875 - 624 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...the church-walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intentness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely...
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Scripture Proverbs: Illustrated, Annotated, and Applied

Francis Jacox - 1876 - 628 pages
...who comprehended nothing of the language in which that preacher spoke, might still, we are assured, have been swayed to and fro by the mere tone and cadence of his vocal organ : like all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender,...
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The Scarlet Letter, and The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1878 - 306 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...the church-walls, Hester Prynne listened with such iiiteiituess, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely...
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The scarlet letter, and The Blithedale romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 626 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...the church-walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intentness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely...
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The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: The scarlet letter and The Blithedale ...

1883 - 624 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...the church-walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intentness, and sympathized so intimately, that the sermon had throughout a meaning for her, entirely...
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The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Volume 5

Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 656 pages
...the minister's very peculiar voice. This vocal organ was in itself a rich endowment ; insomuch that a listener, comprehending nothing of the language in...Muffled as the sound was by its passage through the church- walls, Hester Prynne listened with such intent ness, and sympathized so intimately, that the...
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