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4.2 No Simple Human Being The ideality of Roderick is implied by his appearance . ... it floated rather than fell about the face , I could not , even with effort , connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity .
4.2 No Simple Human Being The ideality of Roderick is implied by his appearance . ... it floated rather than fell about the face , I could not , even with effort , connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity .
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Just what reservations have to be made , however , in allying his conclusions with mine , it is not easy to say , for while Davidson maintains that Poe's tale depicts " the total disintegration of a complex human being , not in any one ...
Just what reservations have to be made , however , in allying his conclusions with mine , it is not easy to say , for while Davidson maintains that Poe's tale depicts " the total disintegration of a complex human being , not in any one ...
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1,65 tain a specific part corresponding to the soul , and that , in the human realm , there is no separate character to represent the soul , because , according to the theory Poe may have been following , " chiefly the soul sleeps or is ...
1,65 tain a specific part corresponding to the soul , and that , in the human realm , there is no separate character to represent the soul , because , according to the theory Poe may have been following , " chiefly the soul sleeps or is ...
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THE BYRONIC IDEALITY 1 The Fall Of The House Of Usher OF HOUSE AND GROUNDS | 1 |
Polking about in News tead Abbey | 2 |
A Singularly Dreary Tract of Country | 7 |
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