 I paused to think — what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory...  American Short Stories - Page 156edited by - 1904 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1839 - 372 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pages
...thought, which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think— what was it that so unnerved me...unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1845 - 288 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
 | 1850 - 762 pages
...; I paused to think ; what was it that so nnnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher Î It was a mystery all insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as 1 pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime^ What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crcwded upon me a» ( 292 THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. pondered. \ Hfas forced to fall back upon... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies tfraX. cK.vjfoA \^ev\. tc\r %» V pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of...unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 238 pages
...thought which no goading cf the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it, — I paused to think, — what was it that so unnerved...unsatisfactory conclusion that, while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the... | |
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