 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1927 - 506 Seiten
...feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety existed. The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in...scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat. And yet all this might have been endured, if not approved, by the mad revellers around. But the mummer... | |
 | 1842 - 780 Seiten
...feel that in the costume and bearing of the stranger neither wit nor propriety existed. The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in...scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the client. And yet all this might have been endured, if not approved, by the mad revellers around. But... | |
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The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty... 
