The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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Page 33
... never opens the main compartment without first closing the back door of cupboard No. 1 - he never opens the main com- partment without first pulling out the drawer — he never shuts the drawer without first shutting the main compartment ...
... never opens the main compartment without first closing the back door of cupboard No. 1 - he never opens the main com- partment without first pulling out the drawer — he never shuts the drawer without first shutting the main compartment ...
Page 35
... never visi- ble during the playing of a game at chess by the Turk , and secondly , that the Italian being taken seriously ill , the exhibition was suspended until his recovery . Italian professed a total ignorance of the game of chess ...
... never visi- ble during the playing of a game at chess by the Turk , and secondly , that the Italian being taken seriously ill , the exhibition was suspended until his recovery . Italian professed a total ignorance of the game of chess ...
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... never said a word , nor given information a'terwards ! And here have I been kept away from business I don't know how long , and shut up like a dog in a kennel ; but I look upon't you were at the bottom of it all - you and that fellow ...
... never said a word , nor given information a'terwards ! And here have I been kept away from business I don't know how long , and shut up like a dog in a kennel ; but I look upon't you were at the bottom of it all - you and that fellow ...
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Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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