...he did not hear the plaudits, for he had fainted ! The Tell-Tale Heart BY EDGAR ALLAN POE. IRDE! — nervous — very, very, dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say I am mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly — I can tell you the whole story. It...

...TELL TALE HEART. A MURDERER'S CONFESSION. TTRUE! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervoug 1 L had been and am ; but why will you say that I am mad ? Hearken ! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible...

...kann von so einer Kleinigkeit derart erregt werden. Er beginnt die Erzählung mit den Worten: „True! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" In diesen wenigen Worten liegt die Erklärung zum Ganzen. Wenn sich in ein solch krankhaftes Gemüt...

...pitiable glamor, yet is handled with an artistic repression that commands continual admiration: "True! — nervous — very, -very dreadfully nervous I had been...I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story." Finally atmosphere...

...pitiable glamor, yet is handled with an artistic repression that commands continual admiration: "True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been...earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I madf Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly J can tell you the whole story." Finally atmosphere...

...nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been^aed am; but why will you say that I am mad ? jThe disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed...I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken^- and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you_th«-i¥t»ek-story. It is impossible...

...murderous madness, and deals primarily with the element of character, the author opens thus: — "True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been...I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story." 3. Emphasis by Pause....

...author ope*thus: — "True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why mil you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my...I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad: Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I can tell you the whole story." 3. Emphasis by Pause....

...murderous madness, and deals primarily with the element of character, the author opens thus: — "True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why mil you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them....

...the limbs. He commences the story in an extenuating tone, but objects to being called mad. " True — nervous — very, very, dreadfully nervous I had been and am ; but why will you say that I am mad ?" Then telling of the murder, he continues : " It is impossible to say how first the idea entered...