When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.
Nathaniel HawthorneBut she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure!
Nathaniel HawthorneThere is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
Nathaniel HawthorneMany writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.
Nathaniel Hawthorne