Word: marking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...circumstances of the author of "The Scarlet Letter," "The House of the Seven Gables," "The Blithedale Romance," and "The Marble Faun," Hawthorne was descended from William Hathorne, who came over to New England with Governor Winthrop. Both this first American ancestor and his son John were men of mark in the little colony. But they were also infamously noted, one for causing Shaker women to be whipped, the other for his cruel treatment of the Salem witches. John Hathorne, it is credibly reported, was cursed by one of the victims of his cruelty, and popular superstition always believed that prosperity...
...poets pass on along the other ledges of sin, wrath, avarice, sluggishness, and lust. They meet on the way several former companions of Dante. Mark after mark is removed from Dante's brow, and at length they also come forth into the brilliant light of the Earthly Paradise. Here Virgil bids Dante farewell, who while mourning for his guide is consoled by the appearance of Beatrice...
...HAVEN, CONN., April 3. - Yale won an easy game today at the Yale field with the Murray Hill nine. A number of fine plays were made by Yale. Carter caught a great game for the Murray Hills, but Deacon was an easy mark and after the first inning Yale pounded him at will. The cold, raw air made clean fielding impossible. Score by innings...
...have exercised with such excellent judgment, should be snatched away from them. The proceeding strikes me as a most extraordinary one; but a gentleman who is more familiar with the kind of influences that move Faculties, assures me that the following clipping furnishes an adequate explanation (God save the mark!) of the recent vote...
...Mark's at Southborough...