 We also measured the thickness of every bookcover, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied to each the most jealous scrutiny of the microscope. Had any of the bindings been recently meddled with, it would have been utterly impossible that the...  The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Tales - Page 268by Edgar Allan Poe - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1845 - 288 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-eorer, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...• " You explored the floors beneath the carpets 1" " Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." " And the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 298 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cofer, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...Beyond, doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." " And the paper on the walls ?" " Yes." " You looked into the cellars... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cower, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...carefully probed, longitudinally, with the needles." " Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." " You explored... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-ccwer, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...needles." " You explored the floors beneath the carpets 1" " Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." " And the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-coper, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with tne microscope." " And the paper on the walls ?" :' Yes.'" " You looked into the cellars... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...according to the fashion of some of our police-officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cowr, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." " And the paper on the walls 1" "Yes." " You looked into the cellars... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...according to the fashion of some of our police-officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cover with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...or six volumes, just from the hands of the binder, wo carefully probed longitudinally with the needles." . " You explored the floors beneath the carpets... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cover, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...carpets ?" " Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and exammed the boards with the nncroscope." " And the paper on the walls?" " Yes." " You looked into the... | |
 | 1886 - 548 pages
...according to the fashion of some of our police-officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cover with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." "And the paper on the walls?" "Yes." " You looked into the cellars?"... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1889 - 360 pages
...to the fashion of some of our police-officers. We also measured the thickness of every book-cover, with the most accurate admeasurement, and applied...Beyond doubt. We removed every carpet, and examined the boards with the microscope." "And the paper on the walls ?" "Yes." "You looked into the cellars?"... | |
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