 It was, in short, the platform of the pillory; and above it rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to the public gaze.  The Scarlet Letter - 50. lappuseautors: Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1852 - 288 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | 1850 - 638 lapas
...was the platform of the pillory, above which rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to public gaze. Knowing well her part, Hester ascended a flight of wooden steps, and was thus displayed... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1851 - 328 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to the public gaze.... | |
 | Nathaniel [two or more stories] Hawthorne - 1866 - 596 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...as ever was the guillotine among the terrorists of Franco. It was, in short, the platform of the pillory; and above it rose the framework of that instrument... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1875 - 624 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past: has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to the public gaze.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1878 - 312 lapas
...portion of a penal machine,, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus hold it up to the public gaze.... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1878 - 324 lapas
...the platform of the pillory ; and above it rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus holding it up to the public gaze. The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 lapas
...of a penal ma- 350 chine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held in the old...was the guillotine among the Terrorists of France. LITERARY ANALYSIS. — 223. hrare. In what sense is the word here used? 227-249. In this paragraph... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 656 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus holding it up to the public gaze. The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 630 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus holding it up to the public gaze. The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this... | |
 | 1883 - 624 lapas
...portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old...rose the framework of that instrument of discipline, so fashioned as to confine the human head in its tight grasp, and thus holding it up to the public... | |
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