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" I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. "
The works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. by J.H. Ingram. Complete ed - Page 172
by Edgar Allan Poe - 1874
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Burtons' Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, Volume 5

American periodicals - 1839 - 372 pages
...say insufferable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that Imlf-ple.ieuralile, because poetie, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even...terrible. I looked upon the scene before me — upon the meie house, and the simple landscape features of lhe domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the vacant...
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Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 5

William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...of that half-pleasurable, because poetie, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even tin- sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mcre house, and the simple landscape features of the domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the vacant...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5; Volume 11

Periodicals - 1850 - 766 pages
...horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country ; and at length found myself as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House...desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain ; upon the bleak walls ;...
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With a Memoir

Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurablej because poetic, sentiment^ with which the mind usually...sedges — and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees-^with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than...
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Works, Volume 1

Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insullbrable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half- pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually...sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. 1 looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the...
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Appletons' School Readers

William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable, for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable because poetic sentiment with which the mind usually...sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. 3. I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of...
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The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe, with a prefatory notice, by J. Skipsey

Edgar Allan Poe - 1885 - 304 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually...of the domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the i . 232 THE HOUSE OF USHER. vacant eye-light windows — upon a few rank sedges — anil upon a few...
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...pervaded my spirit I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually...desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain—upon the bleak walls—upon...
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The Fall of the House of Usher: And Other Tales and Prose Writings of Edgar Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - Fantasy literature, American - 1889 - 360 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable ; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually...trunks of decayed trees — with an utter depression of spul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller...
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The Garden of Romance: Romantic Tales of All Time

Ernest Rhys - 1897 - 256 pages
...pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable, for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment with which the mind usually...desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain—upon the bleak walls—upon...
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