| Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 308 strani
...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 1 of these toys, and demands of another whether that number i is even or odd. If the guess is right,... | |
| 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
...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...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 - 1859 - 558 strani
...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...in his hand a number of these toys, and demands of anothet whether that number is even or odd. If the guess is right, the guesser wins one ; if wrong,... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 578 strani
...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...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
...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...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
...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...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
...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...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... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1898 - 228 strani
...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 hia hand a number of these toys, and demands of another whether that number is even or odd. If the... | |
| George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 254 strani
...admiration. This game is simple, and is played with marbles. One player holds in his hand a number of 25 these toys, and demands of another whether that number...-. 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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