The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... appear- ance of being crowded with mechanism . Now the direct inference from this is that the machine is not a pure machine . For if it were , the inventor , so far from wishing its mechanism to appear complex , and using deception for ...
... appear- ance of being crowded with mechanism . Now the direct inference from this is that the machine is not a pure machine . For if it were , the inventor , so far from wishing its mechanism to appear complex , and using deception for ...
Page 85
... appears before them in a great rage and with the air of an injured man . Indeed his behavior is so mal à propos to his situation as entirely to puzzle his inter- rogators . He accuses the whole party of a conspiracy . " Peter Snook ...
... appears before them in a great rage and with the air of an injured man . Indeed his behavior is so mal à propos to his situation as entirely to puzzle his inter- rogators . He accuses the whole party of a conspiracy . " Peter Snook ...
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... appear- ance ) , issue from beneath a broad entablature of rich giltwork , which encircles the room at the junction of the ceiling and walls . The drapery is thrown open also , or closed , by means of a thick rope of gold loosely ...
... appear- ance ) , issue from beneath a broad entablature of rich giltwork , which encircles the room at the junction of the ceiling and walls . The drapery is thrown open also , or closed , by means of a thick rope of gold loosely ...
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Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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