The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... mind- by some person who sees the board of the antagonist , 3 that its movements are not regulated by the mind of Maelzel , whose back was turned toward the antagonist at the withdrawal of his move . — 3. The Automaton does not ...
... mind- by some person who sees the board of the antagonist , 3 that its movements are not regulated by the mind of Maelzel , whose back was turned toward the antagonist at the withdrawal of his move . — 3. The Automaton does not ...
Page 83
... mind , sets himself immediately about arranging the appear- ance of the shop so as to secure the credit of the concern . In spite of all his ingenuity , however , it maintains a poverty - stricken appearance ; - which cir- cumstance ...
... mind , sets himself immediately about arranging the appear- ance of the shop so as to secure the credit of the concern . In spite of all his ingenuity , however , it maintains a poverty - stricken appearance ; - which cir- cumstance ...
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... mind into its three most im- mediately obvious distinctions , we have the Pure Intel- lect , Taste , and the Moral Sense . I place Taste in the middle , because it is just this position which , in the mind , it occupies . It holds ...
... mind into its three most im- mediately obvious distinctions , we have the Pure Intel- lect , Taste , and the Moral Sense . I place Taste in the middle , because it is just this position which , in the mind , it occupies . It holds ...
Contents
Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
Copyright | |
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