The Literary World: Sixth [-eighth] ReaderB.F. Johnson, 1919 - Readers |
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... from Mr. Legrand ? " " No , massa , I bring dis here ' pissel ; " and here Jupiter handed me a note which ran thus : MY DEAR Why have I not seen you for so long a time ? I hope you have not been so foolish as to take offence 19.
... from Mr. Legrand ? " " No , massa , I bring dis here ' pissel ; " and here Jupiter handed me a note which ran thus : MY DEAR Why have I not seen you for so long a time ? I hope you have not been so foolish as to take offence 19.
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... note which gave me great uneasiness . Its whole style differed mate- rially from that of Legrand . What could he be dreaming of ? What new crotchet possessed his excitable brain ? What " business of the highest importance " could he pos ...
... note which gave me great uneasiness . Its whole style differed mate- rially from that of Legrand . What could he be dreaming of ? What new crotchet possessed his excitable brain ? What " business of the highest importance " could he pos ...
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... NOTES " The Gold Bug " is one of Poe's most famous and popular stories . In it a tale is first told and an amazing climax reached , and afterward the reader is shown the steps by which the problem is solved and the solution gained ...
... NOTES " The Gold Bug " is one of Poe's most famous and popular stories . In it a tale is first told and an amazing climax reached , and afterward the reader is shown the steps by which the problem is solved and the solution gained ...
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... Note also that Legrand , the hero , is drawn as just . such a person as would be interested in the solution of a curious problem and capable of solving it . He is an educated . man a scientist but at the same time a recluse . ― The ...
... Note also that Legrand , the hero , is drawn as just . such a person as would be interested in the solution of a curious problem and capable of solving it . He is an educated . man a scientist but at the same time a recluse . ― The ...
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... Note the rules that Poe lays down for the solution of ciphers : first , a knowledge of the language in which the cipher is written ; second , the identifica- tion of the letter ' e , ' and third , the making out of the first full word ...
... Note the rules that Poe lays down for the solution of ciphers : first , a knowledge of the language in which the cipher is written ; second , the identifica- tion of the letter ' e , ' and third , the making out of the first full word ...
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Page 421 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 200 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 197 - This Hermit good lives in that wood Which slopes down to the sea. How loudly his sweet voice he rears ! He loves to talk with marineres That come from a far countree. He kneels at morn, and noon, and eve — He hath a cushion plump: It is the moss that wholly hides The rotted old oak-stump. The skiff-boat neared: I heard them talk, 'Why, this is strange, I trow! Where are those lights so many and fair, That signal made but now?
Page 415 - EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 182 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon.
Page 185 - Are those her ribs through which the Sun Did peer, as through a grate? And is that Woman all her crew? Is that a Death? and are there two? Is Death that woman's mate?
Page 421 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea,
Page 276 - Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but...
Page 327 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in, And bade him follow : so, indeed, he did. The torrent roared ; and we did buffet it With lusty sinews ; throwing it aside, And stemming it with hearts of controversy. But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried, Help me, Cassius, or I sink.
Page 181 - The Sun now rose upon the right Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, Nor any day, for food or play, Came to the mariners...