Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses... Gentleman's Magazine - Page 146edited by - 1839Full view - About this book
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 696 pages
...expression of low cunning and perplexity. He accosted me with trepidation, and passed on. The valet now threw open a door, and ushered me into the presence...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over, and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible froih within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over, and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - Detective and mystery stories, American - 1845 - 288 pages
...inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellissed panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 556 pages
...inaccessi. ble from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellissed panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the rjecesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 pages
...inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their wav through the trellissed panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 pages
...inaccessible fron- within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made the!' waythrougn the trellisscd panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around ; th« eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1874 - 216 pages
...altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleam* of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1874 - 644 pages
...altogether inacessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellissed panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. Upon... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 pages
...inaccessible fron- within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned hght made thfiir way througn the trcllissed panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around ; tlw eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, 01 the recesses of... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 510 pages
...altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct...any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. Upon... | |
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