The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... concealed in a drawer almost immediately under the chess - board , " ) played the game of chess and effected all the evolutions of the Automaton . This idea , although even more silly than that of the MAELZEL'S CHESS - PLAYER . 19 V I.
... concealed in a drawer almost immediately under the chess - board , " ) played the game of chess and effected all the evolutions of the Automaton . This idea , although even more silly than that of the MAELZEL'S CHESS - PLAYER . 19 V I.
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... immediately behind it , he holds a lighted candle at the back door ( as mentioned above ) and moves the entire machine to and fro with a view of convincing the company that the cupboard No. 1 is entirely filled with machinery . When the ...
... immediately behind it , he holds a lighted candle at the back door ( as mentioned above ) and moves the entire machine to and fro with a view of convincing the company that the cupboard No. 1 is entirely filled with machinery . When the ...
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... immediately arose the idea of a non - reasoning creature capable of speech ; and , very naturally , a parrot , in the first instance , suggested itself , but was superseded forthwith by a Raven , as equally capable of speech , and ...
... immediately arose the idea of a non - reasoning creature capable of speech ; and , very naturally , a parrot , in the first instance , suggested itself , but was superseded forthwith by a Raven , as equally capable of speech , and ...
Contents
Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
Copyright | |
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