From “The Custom-House,” the long-winded “Introductory” to Hawthorne’s 1850 classic, The Scarlet Letter Doubtless, however, either of these stern and black-browed Puritans would have thought it quite a sufficient retribution for his sins, that, after so long a lapse of years, the old trunk of the family tree, with so much venerable moss upon it, [...]
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Oh, Ye Worthless, Disgraceful, Degenerate Fellows!
Posted in fiddlers & fiddling, fiddlers in literature, quotes on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Fiddler, and Consequently a Rogue
Posted in fiddlers & fiddling, quotes on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. – Jonathan Swift
