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" 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... "
The works of Edgar Allan Poe [with a mem. by R.W. Griswold]. - Page 267
by Edgar Allan Poe - 1865
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The Art of Interpretative Speech: Principles and Practices of Effective Reading

Charles Henry Woolbert, Severina Elaine Nelson - 1927 - 408 pages
...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...
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A Book of American Literature

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...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...
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Short Story Writing

Mary Burchard Orvis - 1928 - 314 pages
...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...
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The Art of Interpretative Speech: Principles and Practices of Effective Reading

Charles Henry Woolbert, Severina Elaine Nelson - 1927 - 408 pages
...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...
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe - 1993 - 320 pages
...the House of Usher Son coeur est un luth suspendu; Sitot qu 'on le touche il resonne. 1 DE BE'RANGER 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...
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Dreaming and Storytelling

Bert O. States - 1993 - 242 pages
...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...
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The Dream and the Text: Essays on Literature and Language

Carol Schreier Rupprecht - 1993 - 352 pages
...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...
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Fall of the House of Usher, The

Edgar Allan Poe - 1995 - 60 pages
...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...
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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - 1995 - 60 pages
...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,...
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Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Kay Redfield Jamison - 1996 - 388 pages
...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...
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