The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... exist a necessity , or at least a desire , of transmit- ting information from one individual to another in such manner as to elude general comprehension , so we may well suppose the practice of writing in cipher to be of great antiquity ...
... exist a necessity , or at least a desire , of transmit- ting information from one individual to another in such manner as to elude general comprehension , so we may well suppose the practice of writing in cipher to be of great antiquity ...
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... exist ? That men have so obstinately and blindly insisted , in general , even up to the present day , in confining rhyme to the ends of lines , when its effect is even better applicable elsewhere , intimates , in my opinion , the sense ...
... exist ? That men have so obstinately and blindly insisted , in general , even up to the present day , in confining rhyme to the ends of lines , when its effect is even better applicable elsewhere , intimates , in my opinion , the sense ...
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... exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified - more supremely noble than this poem per se this poem which is a poem and nothing more this poem written solely for the poem's sake . very poem this I With as deep a reverence for ...
... exists nor can exist any work more thoroughly dignified - more supremely noble than this poem per se this poem which is a poem and nothing more this poem written solely for the poem's sake . very poem this I With as deep a reverence for ...
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Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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