...building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole...stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the spacious totality of old woodwork which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault with no disturbance...

...Its principal feature seemed to he that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had heen are weh-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of...

...the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from an extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of the masonry...much that reminded me of the specious totality of the old woodwork which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault, with no disturbance from...

...building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole...web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from an extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of the masonry had fallen; and there appeared to be a wild...

...they ali looked down, had, at length, brought about upon the morale of his existence", p. 235. 13. "Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled webwork from the eaves", p. 233. 14. "... the silken hair... in its wild gossamer texture..." [...]. " hair of a more than web-like...

...Edgar Allen Poe understood well enough: "I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building. . . . Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. ... In this there was much that reminded me of the specious totality of old wood-work which has rotted...

...argue, every text: the house is greatly discolored and covered with fungi, "[y]et all this was 182 apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. No portion...the crumbling condition of the individual stones" (Pd^T, 318-19). Pahl and, more recently, Harriet Hustis have equated the house's stones to individual...

...building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole...much that reminded me of the specious totality of old wood- work which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault, with no disturbance from the breath...

...description of the house and its surroundings leads to the narrator's puzzled consideration of the "wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation...the crumbling condition of the individual stones," reminding him of "the specious totality of old wood work" (319-20). Then he adds, "Perhaps the eye...

...[76:15] . . . eye-like windows." TMI 129. 76:21 Minute fungi . . . the eaves. Poe almost word for word: 'Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves' (TMI 130). 76:23 Gothic archways . . . encrimsoned light Poe almost word for word 76:24 "an air of...