In either case, there was very much the same solemnity of demeanour on the part of the spectators, as befitted a people among whom religion and law w… - Nathaniel Hawthorne

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In either case, there was very much the same solemnity of demeanour on the part of the spectators, as befitted a people among whom religion and law were almost identical, and in whose character both were so thoroughly interfused, that the mildest and severest acts of public discipline were alike made venerable and awful.