 I know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted me — to certain low and indefinite sounds which came, through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, I knew not whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 165edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...threw en my clothes with haste, for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night, and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into...pacing rapidly to and fro through the apartment. I hod taken but tew turns in this manner, when a light stop on an adjoining staircase arrested my attention.... | |
 | 1839 - 372 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste, for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night, and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1845 - 288 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night), and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night), and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...on my clothes with haste (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night), and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into...and fro through the apartment. I had taken but few turus in this manner, wHen a light step on an adjoining staircase arrested my attention. I presently... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste, (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night,) atid endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night), Jind endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...more during the night,) and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I hud fallen, by pacing rapidly to and fro through the apartment....presently recognised it as that of Usher. In an instant afterward he rapped, with a gentle touch, at my door, and entered, bearing a lamp. His countenance... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste, (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night,) and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on my clothes with haste, (for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night,) and endeavored to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen, by pacing rapidly... | |
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