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    Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
    Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
    Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
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    Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")

    By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    Sylph Etherege (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.

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      Sylph Etherege (From - Nathaniel Hawthorne

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sylph Etherege, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Sylph Etherege

      Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

      Posting Date: December 20, 2010 [EBook #9238] Release Date: November, 2005 First Posted: September 18, 2003 Last Updated: February 6, 2007

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SYLPH ETHEREGE ***

      Produced by David Widger. HTML version by Al Haines

      THE SNOW-IMAGE

      AND

      OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES

      SYLPH ETHEREGE

      By

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

      On a bright summer evening, two persons stood among the shrubbery of a garden, stealthily watching a young girl, who sat in the window seat of a neighboring mansion. One of these unseen observers, a gentleman, was youthful, and had an air of high breeding and refinement, and a face marked with intellect, though otherwise of unprepossessing aspect. His features wore even an ominous, though somewhat mirthful expression, while he pointed his long forefinger at the girl, and seemed to regard her as a creature completely within the scope of his influence.

      The charm works! said he, in a low, but emphatic whisper.

      Do you know, Edward Hamilton,—since so you choose to be named,—do you know, said the lady beside him, "that I have almost a mind to break the spell at once? What if the lesson should prove too severe! True, if my ward could be thus laughed out of her fantastic nonsense, she might be the better for it through life. But then, she is such a delicate creature! And, besides, are you

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