 Odd,' and loses; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself, 'The simpleton had them even upon the first trial, and his amount of cunning is just sufficient to make him have them odd upon the second; I will therefore guess odd;'—...  The Rice Institute Pamphlet - Page 951916Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 pages
...asks,' 'are they even or odd ?' Our schoolboy replies ' odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial ho wins, for he then says to himself, ' the . simpleton...have them odd upon the second; I will therefore guess odd;'—he guesses odd, and wins. Now, with a simpleton a degree above the first, he would have reasoned... | |
 | 1855 - 206 pages
...and perhaps loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he says to himself, " This simpleton tad them even upon the first trial, and his amount of...odd upon the second, I will therefore guess odd," so he wins. Now with a youth of a greater discernment, Mr. Poe would have said, " This fellow finds... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 pages
...' odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself, ' the simplefpn had them even upon the first trial, and his amount of cunning is ist sufficient to make him have them odd upon the second ; I will therefore guess odd ;' — he guesses... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...closed hand, asks, ' are they even or odd ?' Our schoolboy replies, ' odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself,...simpleton had them even upon the first trial, and liis amount of cunning is just sufficient to make him have them odd upon the second; I will therefore... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 pages
...closed Hand, asks, ' are they even or odd ?' Our schoolboy replies, ' odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself,...them odd upon the second ; I will therefore guess xld;' — he guesse* odd, and wins. Now, with a simpleton a degree above 'he first, he would have reasoned... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 462 pages
...closed hand, make, ' Are they even or odd?' Our school-boy replies 'Odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself,...just sufficient to make him have them odd upon the stcond ; I will therefore guess odd :' he guesses odd, and wins. Now, with a simpleton a degree above... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1897 - 380 pages
...his closed hand asks, ' Are they even or odd ?' Our schoolboy replies, 'Odd,' and loses; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself,...have them odd upon the second; I will therefore guess odd;'—he guesses odd, and wins. Now, with a simpleton a degree above the first he would have reasoned... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1898 - 228 pages
...hia closed hand asks, 'Are they even or odd?' Our schoolboy replies, ' Odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial he wins, for he then says to himself,...a simpleton a degree above the first he would have 1 The adjective is formed from Procrustes, the name of a famous robber of Attica, who would tie his... | |
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