 I have been glad and hopeful, and here I have been despondent. And here I sat a long, long time, waiting patiently for the world to know me, and sometimes wondering why it did not know me sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least,...  Works - Page 123by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 580 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all — at least till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...— at least, as happy as I then knew how to be, or wns aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my 1 >iu ly chambnr, and... | |
 | American literature - 1868 - 784 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not indeed with a loud... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - Brook Farm - 1868 - 308 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by, the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not, indeed, with... | |
 | American essays - 1868 - 798 pages
...least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with onlylife enough to be chilled and benumbed. But oftener I was...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not indeed with a loud... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - England - 1876 - 248 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by, the world found me out in iny lonely chamber, and wile I me forth, — not, indeed, with... | |
 | Joseph White Symonds - 1878 - 54 pages
...me sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber and called me forth — not, indeed, with a loud... | |
 | Henry James - Authors, American - 1879 - 210 pages
...whether it would ever know me at all — -at least till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seems to me as if I were already in the grave, with only life enough to be chilled and benumbed. But ofteuer I was happy — at least as happy as I then knew how to be, or was aware of the possibility... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Authorship - 1882 - 278 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not indeed with a loud... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1882 - 310 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not, indeed, with a... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Authorship - 1882 - 280 pages
...sooner, or whether it would ever know me at all, — at least, till I were in my grave. And sometimes it seemed as if I were already in the grave, with...how to be, or was aware of the possibility of being. By and by the world found me out in my lonely chamber, and called me forth, — not indeed with a loud... | |
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