All 3 Uses of
refuge
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- It was the Eden of a thunder-smitten Adam, who had fled for refuge thither out of the same dreary and perilous wilderness into which the original Adam was expelled.†
Chpt 10 *
- Should her brother's aimless footsteps stray thitherward, and he but bend, one moment, over the deep, black tide, would he not bethink himself that here was the sure refuge within his reach, and that, with a single step, or the slightest overbalance of his body, he might be forever beyond his kinsman's gripe?†
Chpt 16
- He has been deprived of his city of refuge, and, in my humble opinion, has suffered infinite wrong!†
Chpt 17
Definition:
something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place