 He can neither believe, nor be. comfortable in his unbelief; and he is too honest and courageous not to try to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble...  Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic - Page 330by Raymond Melbourne Weaver - 1921 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1884 - 502 pages
...to hear it, and hope you will keep good till I come back. Your loving father, NATH. HAWTHORNE. — At Southport the chief event of interest during the...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - Authors' spouses - 1884 - 496 pages
...to hear it, and hope you will keep good till I come back. Your loving father, NATH. HAWTHORNE. — At Southport the chief event of interest during the...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - Authors' spouses - 1884 - 496 pages
...the winter was a visit from Herman Melville, who turned up at Liverpool on his way to Coustantinople, and whom Hawthorne brought out to spend a night or...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1884 - 498 pages
...from Herman Melville, who turned up at Liverpool on his way to Constantinople, and whom Hawthorne x brought out to spend a night or two with us. " He...courageous not to try to do one or the other. If he Vere a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - Authors' spouses - 1884 - 498 pages
...with his characteristic gravity and reserve of manner. I felt rather awkward at first, for this ia the first time I have met him since my ineffectual...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - American literature - 1884 - 522 pages
...Pittsfield, and has come to the Old World. He informed rue that he Lad "pretty mnch made up his mind to he annihilated ;" but still he does not seem, to rest...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1885 - 498 pages
...definite belief. It is strange how he persists — and has persisted ever since I knew him, and prollably long before — in wandering to and fro over these...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Criticism - 1885 - 996 pages
...— in wandering to and fro over these deserts, as dismal and monotonous as the sand hills iiiaidst which we were sitting. He can neither believe, nor...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential ; but he has a very high and noble nature,... | |
 | Clifford Smyth - American literature - 1925 - 850 pages
...strange how he persists — and has persisted ever since I knew him, and probably long lx;fore — in wandering to and fro over these deserts, as dismal...to do one or the other. If he were a religious man, he would be one of the most truly religious and reverential; he has a very high and noble nature, and... | |
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