 | 1855 - 206 strani
...simple one : one player holds in his hand a number of marbles, and demands of another whether that is even or odd : if the guess is right the guesser wins one, if wrong he loses one. Mr. Poe's principle of guessing, by which he won all the marbles in his school, lay m mere observation... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1857 - 560 strani
...even or odd. If the guess is right, the guesser wins one ; if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom 1 allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course...of guessing ; and this lay in mere observation and ad. measurement of the astuteness of his opponents. For example, an arrant simpleton is his opponent,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1859 - 558 strani
...is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of anothet whether that number is even or odd. If the guess is...wins one ; if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom 1 allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course he had some principle of guessing ; and this... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...wins one ; if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom l allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course he had some principle of guessing ; and this... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1871 - 556 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...wins one ; if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom ] allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course he had some principle of guessing ; and this... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 618 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...course he had some principle of guessing ; and this la}- in mere observation and ad. measurement of the astuteness of his opponents. For exampie, an arrant... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 668 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...allude won all the marbles of the school. Of course tie had some principle of guessing, and this lay in mere observation and admeasurement of the astuteness... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 462 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...is his opponent, and, holding up his closed hand, make, ' Are they even or odd?' Our school-boy replies 'Odd,' and loses ; but upon the second trial... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1898 - 228 strani
...simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in hia hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...arrant simpleton is his opponent, and, holding up hia closed hand asks, 'Are they even or odd?' Our schoolboy replies, ' Odd,' and loses ; but upon the... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 254 strani
...and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of 25 these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the...-. if wrong, he loses one. The boy to whom I allude von all the marbles of the school. Of course he hac? some principle of guessing; and this lay in principle... | |
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I knew one about eight years of age, whose success at guessing in the game of 'even and odd' attracted universal admiration. This game is simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether... 
