Edgar Allan Poe Works

“I reflected that it had been a point with the writer to run his words together without division, so as to increase the difficulty of solution. Now, a not overacute man, in pursuing such an object, would be nearly certain to overdo the matter. When, in the course of his composition, he arrived at a [...]

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“Let us assume 8, then, as e. Now, of all words in the language, ‘the’ is the most usual; let us see, therefore, whether they are not repetitions of any three characters in the same order of collocation, the last of them being 8. If we discover repetitions of such letters, so arranged, they will [...]

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Here Legrand, having re-heated the parchment, submitted it to my inspection. The following characters were rudely traced, in a red tint, between the death’s-head and the goat: 53++!305))6*;4826)4+.)4+);806*;48!8`60))85;] 8*:+*8!83(88) 5*!;46(;88*96*?;8)*+(;485);5*! 2:*+(;4956*2(5*-4) 8`8*; 4069285);)6!8) 4++;1 (+9; 48081; 8:8+1;48!85;4) 485!528806*81 (+9;48; (88;4(+?34;48)4+;161;:188;+?; “But,” said I, returning him the slip, “I am as much in the dark as [...]

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“I now scrutinized the death’s-head with care. Its outer edges — the edges of the drawing nearest the edge of the vellum — were far more distinct than the others. It was clear that the action of the caloric had been imperfect or unequal. I immediately kindled a fire, and subjected every portion of the [...]

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“When you had gone, and when Jupiter was fast asleep, I betook myself to a more methodical investigation of the affair. In the first place I considered the manner in which the parchment had come into my possession. The spot where we discovered the scarabaeus was on the coast of the main land, about a [...]

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At sight of these the joy of Jupiter could scarcely be restrained, but the countenance of his master wore an air of extreme disappointment. He urged us, however, to continue our exertions, and the words were hardly uttered when I stumbled and fell forward, having caught the toe of my boot in a large ring [...]

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Here was a long pause. At length the negro asked, “Is de lef’ eye of de skull pon de same side as de lef’ hand of de skull, too? — cause de skull ain’t got not a bit ob a hand at all — nebber mind! I got de lef’ eye now — here de [...]

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The natural platform to which we had clambered was thickly overgrown with brambles, through which we soon discovered that it would have been impossible to force our way but for the scythe; and Jupiter, by direction of his master, proceeded to clear for us a path to the foot of an enormously tall tulip-tree, which [...]

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“Him syfe, massa, and spade.” “Very true; but what are they doing here?” “Him de syfe and de spade what Massa Will sis pon my buying for him in de town, and de debbil’s own lot of money I had to gib for em.” But what, in the name of all that is mysterious, is [...]

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He received the paper very peevishly, and was about to crumple it, apparently to throw it in the fire, when a casual glance at the design seemed suddenly to rivet his attention. In an instant his face grew violently red — in another as excessively pale. For some minutes he continued to scrutinize the drawing [...]

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