ternately open and shut, flapping furiously
1811ff ... slapping furiously
[[The 1804 text uses long "s". The reading "flapping" is the
transcriber's best guess, but the condition of the text does not
allow certainty.]]
she perceived some person crawling on to its foot
1811ff ... on its foot
instantaneously she sprang from the bed to the floor--with convulsive
grasp, seized the candle
1870 instantly she ...
1811ff with convulsed grasp
she was alarmed by a deep, hollow sigh
1870 she heard a deep, hollow sigh
Not the least noise had been heard since she last returned
1870 ... since she returned
Towards evening Melissa took her usual walk around the enclosure
1870 ... took a walk around the enclosure
the light gales bore revigorating coolness
1870 the light gales bore invigorating coolness
the flowery verdure of the fields were changing to a russet hue
1870 of the field
1811ff was changed
hammering on the hollow trunk of some dry and blasted tree, filled
the woods with reverberant echoes
1811ff hammering on some dry and blasted trees
1870 reverberating
the images of departed joys
1870 the images of departing joys
in this house of gloom rest, in undisturbed silence
1870 in this house of gloom rests ...
throughout these now solitary demesnes
1851/70 throughout these solitary demesnes
yonder halls and apartments shone with brilliant illumination. Now
all is sad, solitary and dreary, the haunt of sprites and spectres
of nameless terror.
1811ff in brilliant illumination ... the haunt of spirits
All that now remains of the head that formed, the hand that executed
1870 ... the head that formed and the hand that executed
the rising shower, which slowly ascended in gloomy pomp
1851/70 the rising shower, which ascended in gloomy pomp
The lightning more broader and brighter flashed
1811ff The lightning broader
1851/70 flashes
Convolving clouds pouring smoky volumes
1811ff Convolving clouds poured smoky volumes
Slantways, the large heavy drops of rain began to descend
1851/70 Slant-wise ...
It seemed nothing less than the crush of worlds
1851/70 ... the crash of worlds
pass another night in the lonely mansion
1851/70 ... the lone mansion
a voice behind her exclaimed, "Gracious heaven! Melissa!"
1870 a voice exclaimed ...
"No one except myself, Alonzo," she answ