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Page 41
... Miss Porter reduces the age at which Mather wrote prayers for his schoolmates from seven or eight to a monstrous three ; she invents sermons to replace the rebukes that his own account mentions ; and she attributes joy to a state of ...
... Miss Porter reduces the age at which Mather wrote prayers for his schoolmates from seven or eight to a monstrous three ; she invents sermons to replace the rebukes that his own account mentions ; and she attributes joy to a state of ...
Page 119
... Miss Rosa Coldfield , and then from his own father , before accompanying Miss Rosa on a midnight excursion to see whether anyone is living in Sutpen's rotten old mansion . The second time of " present " action is a night in a Harvard ...
... Miss Rosa Coldfield , and then from his own father , before accompanying Miss Rosa on a midnight excursion to see whether anyone is living in Sutpen's rotten old mansion . The second time of " present " action is a night in a Harvard ...
Page 124
... Miss Rosa , he found himself rushing away in panic as soon as he had left Miss Rosa at her own house . He ran rather than walked into his house and ran upstairs to his room . He reviews this scene during the last pages of the book , and ...
... Miss Rosa , he found himself rushing away in panic as soon as he had left Miss Rosa at her own house . He ran rather than walked into his house and ran upstairs to his room . He reviews this scene during the last pages of the book , and ...
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accept achievement action actually admirable American appearance autobiography begin believe called cause century character child confess consider Cotton Mather course criticism Devil discussion effect England entire errors especially evidence examine example experience explain express fact Faith Fellow fiction figure force Franklin give Goodman Brown Hawthorne Hawthorne's Henry historians human important Increase individual interest interpretation John judgment kind language less literary literature meaning method Miller Miss moral moreover motives narrative narrator nature never notice novel past perception practice present problem Puritan qualities Quentin questions reader reason recognize relationship remains remarkable remember represent romance Rosa Salem says Scarlet Letter seems society statement story suggests Sutpen tells Thomas tion truth typical understand witch writing young