Readily; I have solved others of an abstruseness ten thousand times greater. Circumstances, and a certain bias of mind, have led me to take interest in such riddles, and it may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of the kind... The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: With a Memoir - Page 79by Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857Full view - About this book
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1845 - 288 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ?" " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import. " In the present case — indeed in all cases of secret writing — the first... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ?" " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import. " In the present case — indeed in all cases of secret writing — the first... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...the sailor, absolutely msoluble without the key." " Readily; I have solved others of an abstruseucss ten thousand times greater. Circumstances, and a certain...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import. " And you really solved it ?" " In the present case—indeed in all cases... | |
| 1855 - 1080 pages
...your readers know who he was — remarks (in The Oold-Bug, and on the subject of secret writing), " It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can...ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve." Taking up recently [* For notices of John Hope, see "N. & Q.," Vol. v., p. 582., and Vol. vi., pp.... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1861 - 1116 pages
...intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key.' " ' And you really solved it ?' " ' Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...certain bias of mind, have led me to take interest in suoh riddles, and it may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of the kind... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without thfe key." " And you really solved it t" " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of de?eloping their import. v " In the present case — indeed in all cases of secret writing — the... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ?" " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of th« kind which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve. In fact, having once established... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ? " " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import. "In the present case — indeed in all cases of secret writing — the first... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 228 pages
...crnde intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ? " " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...scarcely gave a thought to the mere difficulty of developing their import. " In the present case — indeed in all cases of secret writing — the first... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 226 pages
...crude intellect of the sailor, absolutely insoluble without the key." " And you really solved it ? " " Readily ; I have solved others of an abstruseness...mind, have led me to take interest in such riddles, ard it may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma of the kind which human... | |
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