... fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of the masonry had fallen; and there appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still... Bentley's Miscellany - Page 159edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839 - 368 pages
...great. Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the caves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation....stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the speeious totality of old wood-work which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault, with no... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 562 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there...breath of the external air. Beyond this indication of exteusive decay, however, the fabric gnve little token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there...with no disturbance from the breath of the external air.J"Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little token of instability.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there...indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gnve little token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 216 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there...indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave Httle token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the spacious totality of old woodwork which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault with no disturbance... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there...external air. Beyond this indication of extensive decay, Iiowever, the fabric gave little token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might... | |
 | Edmund John Armstrong - 1877 - 342 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between the still perfect adaptation of parts and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there was much that reminded one of the specious totality of old wood-work which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 668 pages
...crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the spacious totality of old woodwork which has rotted for long...little token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinising observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1884 - 454 pages
...appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the spacious totality of old woodwork which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault with no disturbance... | |
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