Dimmesdales+Hand+Over+His+Heart

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Examples:pg 176 "Others again,- and those best able to appreciate the minister's peculiar sensibility, and the wonderful operation of his spirit upon the body, - whispered their belief, that the awful symbol was the effect of the ever active tooth of remorse, gnawing from the inmost heart outwardly, and at last manifesting Heaven's dreadful judgement by the visible presence of the letter. "

pg. 175 "With a convulsive motion he tore away the ministerial hand from before his breast. It was revealed! But it were irreverent to describe that revelation. For an instant the gaze of the horror-stricken multitude was concentrated on the ghastly miracle; while the minister stood with a flush of trumph in his face, as one who, in the crisis of acutest pain, had won a victory. Then, down he sank upon the scaffold." Courtney F

pg. 234 "that the awful symbol was the effect of the ever-active tooth of remorse, gnawing from the inmost heart outwardly, and at last manifesting Heaven's dreadful judgment by the visible presence of the letter." Taylor M

Pg. 124 "What does the letter mean mother? and why dost thou wear it? and why does the minister keep his hand over his heart?"..."Silly Pearl, what questions are these? There are many things in this world that children must not ask about. What know I of the ministers heart?..."

Page 102 "On that spot, in very truth, there was, and there had long been, the gnawing and poisonous tooth of bodily pain. Without any effort of his will, or power to restrain himelf, he shrieked aloud;..." Kayla R