...God sends me some relief by methods which are now beyond my power to imagine. It is very dreadful. Ah! now I understand how the sins of generations past...one must feel his innocence tortured by that guilt. Tour deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole sky ! " Poor Hilda turned from her unhappy friend, and, sinking...

...God sends me some relief by methods which are now beyond my power to imagine. It is very dreadful. Ah! now I understand how the sins of generations past...created an atmosphere of sin for those that follow. White there is a single guilty person in the universe, each innocent one must feel his innocence tortured...

...God sends me some relief by methods which are now beyond my power to imagine. It is very dreadful. Ah ! now I understand how the sins of generations...guilt. Your deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole sky I " Poor Hilda turned from her unhappy friend, and, sinking on her knees in a corner of the chamber,...

...the single guilty one. "Ah!" exclaims Hilda to guilty Miriam, in the story of "Transformation,"—" now I understand how the sins of generations past...guilt. Your deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole. sky !" To apply the lines of a reflective poet,— " "Tis not their own crimes only, men commit ; They...

...single guilty one. "Ah!" exclaims Hilda to guilty Miriam, in the story of "Transformation,"—"now I understand how the sins of generations past have...guilt. Your deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole sky !" To apply the lines of a reflective poet,— '' 'Tis not their own crimes only, men commit ; They...

...the single guilty one. "Ah!" exclaims Hilda to guilty Miriam, in the story of "Transformation," — "now I understand how the sins of generations past...guilt. Your deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole sky ! " To apply the lines of a reflective poet,— ' ' 'Tis not their own crimes only, men commit ; They...

...and weaves its consequences into an iron tissue of necessity." "Ah ! now I understand," says Hilda, " how the sins of generations past have created an atmosphere...one must feel his innocence tortured by that guilt." And again, in the Old Manse, he lifts up his voice : " Come, all ye guilty ones, and rank yourselves...

...declaring the curse of the very knowledge of sin to innocent beings. Says Hilda, "' It is very dreadful ! Ah, now I understand how the sins of generations past...guilt. Your deed, Miriam, has darkened the whole sky. Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.' " 7. The novelist becomes more truthful than the painter...

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...and weaves its consequences into an iron tissue of necessity." "Ah! now I understand," says Hilda, "how the sins of generations past have created an...one must feel his innocence tortured by that guilt." . . . However veiled in allegory, or varied in expression by tones of insinuation, innuendo, or irony,...