 Here again I paused abruptly, and now with a feeling of wild amazement; for there could be no doubt whatever that in this instance I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded, I found it impossible to say) a low and apparently distant,...  The Elements of the Short Story - Page 154edited by - 1915 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1839 - 372 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...counterpart of what my fancy had already conjured up as the sound of the dragon's unnatural shriek as described by the romancer. Tousness ef my companion.... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...apparently distant, but harsh, protracted, and most unuiual •creaming or grating sound — the exact counterpart of what my fancy had already conjured... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...counterpart of what my fancy had already conjured up as the sound of the dragon's unnatural shriek, as described by the romancer. Oppressed as I certainly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - Detective and mystery stories, American - 1845 - 288 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...thousand conflicting sensations, in which wonder and extreme terror were predominant, I still retained sufficient presence of rnind to avoid exciting, by... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...thousand conflicting sensations, in which 'wonder and extreme terror were predominant, I still retained sufficient presence of mind to avoid exciting, by... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...Oppressed, as I certainly was, upon the occurrence of thia second and most extraordinary coincidence, by a thousand conflicting sensations, in which wonder... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...thousand conflicting sensations, in which wonder and extreme terror were predominant, I still retained sufficient presence of mind to avoid exciting, by... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...— for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...Oppressed, as I certainly was, upon the occurrence oi this second and most extraordinary coincidence, by a thousand conflicting sensations, in which wonder... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...amazement—for there could be no doubt whatever that in this instance I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...thousand conflicting sensations, in which wonder and extreme terror were predominate, I still retained sufficient presence of mind to avoid exciting by... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1874 - 216 pages
...amazement ; for there could be no doubt whatever that, in this instance, I did actually hear (although from what direction it proceeded I found it impossible...counterpart of what my fancy had already conjured np for the dragon's unnatural shriek as described by the romancer. Oppressed, as I certainly was, upon... | |
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