DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the... Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools - Seite 23von Edwin Mims - 1910 - 440 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Henry Woolbert, Severina Elaine Nelson - 1927 - 408 Seiten
...reverence, gaiety, admiration, fear, hatred, bitterness, contempt, ridicule, — or what? Analyze: During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, l had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length... | |
| Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 Seiten
...Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. DE BÉRANGBR. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless clay in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing ¡done, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as... | |
| Mary Burchard Orvis - 1928 - 314 Seiten
...that definitely aid in building up the mood of the story. (These words are here printed in italics.) During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...singularly dreary tract of country; and at length iound myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know... | |
| Charles Henry Woolbert, Severina Elaine Nelson - 1927 - 408 Seiten
...reverence, gaiety, admiration, fear, hatred, bitterness, contempt, ridicule, — or what ? Analyze : During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. POE : The Fall of the House of Usher. 94 \ DEEP WET MOSS *Deep wet moss and cool blue shadows Beneath... | |
| Carol Schreier Rupprecht - 1993 - 352 Seiten
...of the House of Usher, a story that would certainly qualify as containing bizarre or uncanny events: During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country. At length I found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of... | |
| Bert O. States - 1993 - 242 Seiten
...containing bizarre or uncanny events. The opening sentences offer a sufficient sample of the text: During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day...horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country. At length I found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1995 - 60 Seiten
...silhouette. MISS GRAY soundlessly circulates around the room lighting candles and oil lamps. POWELL. During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day...country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was but with the first... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1995 - 60 Seiten
...The house gives us a strange teeling and sets the stage for what is about to be a very strange story. During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day In the autumn of the year, When clouds hung; low in the heavens, I had been passing on horseback through drearv countrv And found myself,... | |
| Kay Redfield Jamison - 1996 - 388 Seiten
...desolation and foreboding, described these family taints and curses in The Fall of the House of Usher: During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. ... Its proprietor, Roderick Usher . . . spoke of acute bodily illness — of a mental disorder which... | |
| Aris Fioretos - 1999 - 170 Seiten
...along somber roads toward the end of a remote year, in a region long since brushed into oblivion: 6i During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day...on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Notice how the castle waits to appear within view until we have labored our way through the winding... | |
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