All 6 Uses of
temperament
in
The Scarlet Letter
- She had borne that morning all that nature could endure; and as her temperament was not of the order that escapes from too intense suffering by a swoon, her spirit could only shelter itself beneath a stony crust of insensibility, while the faculties of animal life remained entire.†
Chpt 3
- At this wild and singular appeal, which indicated that Hester Prynne's situation had provoked her to little less than madness, the young minister at once came forward, pale, and holding his hand over his heart, as was his custom whenever his peculiarly nervous temperament was thrown into agitation.†
Chpt 8
- Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout life, had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with the world, a pure and upright man.†
Chpt 10
- He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament.†
Chpt 10 *
- Of a deeply religious temperament, there was inevitably a tinge of the devotional in his mood.†
Chpt 18
- Or perchance his sensitive temperament was invigorated by the loud and piercing music that swelled heaven-ward, and uplifted him on its ascending wave.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(temperament as in: it is her temperament) usual mood and tendencies