...rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...— there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like a voice of a thousand waters — and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently...

...rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...silently over the fragments of the " HOUSE OF USHER." n THE OLD NURSE'S STORY From " The Portent " By GEORGE MACDONALD I SET out one evening for the cottage...

...rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...silently over the fragments of the " House of Usher." BERENICE [Published In the Southern Literary Messenger, March, 1835.] Dicebant mihi sodales, si sepulchrum...

...rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...silently over the fragments of the "House of Usher." THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) T^HE "Red Death" had long devastated the...

...widened — there came a fierce 20 breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...silently over the fragments of the "House of Usher." NOTES AND QUESTIONS EXPLANATORY NOTES 1. Poe does not rest content with merely relating this story;...

...rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight — my brain reeled as I saw...silently over the fragments of the " House of Usher." QUESTIONS 1. Is this a story of " atmosphere " ? See Introduction. 2. Note how by words and phrases...

...the hands of its enemies." In The Fall of the House of Usher, the narrator has scarcely escaped when: "There was a long, tumultuous shouting sound like...silently over the fragments of the 'House of Usher'." Stevenson's Markheim works up to a masterly close when the hero, confronting the maid upon the threshold,...

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...desolation, gathers its weight of gloom until in the last sentence " the deep and dank tarn. . . . closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the House of Usher." The feeling of ruthless revenge in The Cask of Amontillado is voiced with the first words: "The thousand...

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