The Fall of the House of Usher"
Although the Virginia ETC header credits the e-text to the Oxford Text Archive, P-1855-A, the e-text actually comes from a second electronic version of the tale at the Oxford Text Archive, U*-1244-A, derived from the Penguin edition. The claim in the header of this e-text, "spell-check and verification made against printed text," refers to Vol. 3 of the Harrison edition, reprinted by AMS in 1979, but there are 42 variants between the Virginia ETC e-text and the Harrison edition, many of them substantial. Curiously, one error was introduced during the process of SGML encoding, when Béranger in the restored epigraph was rendered as Béanger, correct except for dropping the letter r.
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273 {coer} [coeur]
273 {Béanger} [Béranger]
273 the shades of [the] evening
273 upon the {blank} [bleak] walls
274 fancies that crowded [upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back
upon the unsatisfactory] conclusion
275 really knew {very} little of my friend.
275 speculating upon {th} [the] possible influence
279 that [abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation
--that] leaden,
279 perfectly {modulate gutteral} [modulated guttural]
281 influence whose {suppositious} [supposititious] force
281 although with {much} hesitation
281 the hopeless and [the] frail
281 ancient race of {Ushers} [the Ushers]
281 without having {notice} [noticed] my presence
281 far more than [ordinary] wanness
281 emaciated {finger} [fingers] through which {had} trickled many passionate tears
282 a gradual wasting away of the person, [and frequent although transient
affections of a partially cataleptical character,] were
282 the {usual} [unusual] diagnosis.
283 From the {painting} [paintings]
284 forcibly impressed with it, [as he gave it,] because,
285 Along the ramparts plumed and {pallied} [pallid]
286 trespassed, under {certains} [certain] conditions
286 the method of {the} collocation of these stones
286 and {here} I [here] started as he spoke,)
289 the mental disorder of my friend. [His ordinary manner had vanished.]
His ordinary
289 hurried, unequal, {an} [and] objectless step.
290 swayed fitfully to and {from} [fro]
290 my very {hear} [heart] an incubus
292 excitement which [now] agitated the hypochondriac
292 a {doughy} [doughty] heart
293 uplifted his mace {upright} [outright]
293 so cracked, [and] ripped
293 a conqueror {had} [hath] bin;
294 most {unusually} [unusual] screaming
294 during the last few {minute} [minutes]
295 removed the {carcas} [carcass]
295 these {syllable} [syllables] passed my lips
296 yet I {dare} [dared] not -- I dared not speak!
296 blood upon her [white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle
upon] every portion
296 to and{from} [fro] upon the threshold
297 its shadows were{along} [alone] behind me.
297 dank tarn at my feet {close} [closed] sullenly and silently
"The Gold-Bug"
The Virginia ETC header credits the text to the Oxford Text Archive, P-1855-A, claims pagination and italics according to the Harrison edition, and records "two paragraphs added from this edition to the electronic text; see page 141, from 'I presume...'to '...of weather.')" But there are two more paragraphs in Harrison missing from the Virginia ETC version, a paragraph on page 106 and the cipher image on page 131, the "image omitted" deliberately there because of its heavy use of typographic symbols. In restoring the cipher image here, two substitutions are required: the single dagger is replaced by the exclamation point, and the double dagger is replaced by the plus sign. The Virginia ETC header claims "minimal spellcheck," a risky procedure in a tale so rich in dialect words and special typographic characters. This e-text contains more than 130 variants from the text in Vol. 5 of the Harrison edition.
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98 {meber} [neber] feel half so hebby
98 [you} [your] letting the birds burn
98 "Never mind," {he} said [he] at length
100 a wallet, {placing} [placed] the paper
101 more and more {adsorbed} [absorbed]
101 {revery} [reverie], from
101 my mind is got to be {barry} [berry] hebby
101 to git mad {about} [bout] de matter
102 to gib him {deuced} [d--d] good beating
102 {looked} [look] so berry
102 sich a {deuced} [d--d] bug
103 paper and stuff {a} piece {of} [ob] it in he mouff -- dat was de way."
103 that {you} [your] master was really bitten
103 "I don't {think noffin'} [tink noffin] about it -- I nose it.
104 what Massa Will sis {'pon me} [pon my] buying for
104 debbil take me if I don't {b'lieve} [blieve]
105 Legrand had been {waiting} [awaiting] us
105 some {enquiries} [inquiries] respecting his
106 Legrand's {concordance} [agreement]
106 and of the bug --
["My dear Legrand," I cried, interrupting him, "you are certainly
unwell, and had better use some little precautions. You shall go to bed,
and I will remain with you a few days, until you get over this. You are
feverish and"--]
"Feel my pulse," said he.
108 "dat {deuced} [d--d] bug"
108 {journed} [journeyed] for about two hours
112 {'pon the} [pon de] limb by myself
112 you {drop} [let] that beetle [fall! -- ] I'll
112 if you will venture out on {that} [the] limb as far as
113 a skull -- somebody bin {left} [lef] him
113 "A skull, you say! -- very well {,} [!]
113 {dey} [dar] aint no eye {lef'} [lef]
113 "Yes, I {knows} [nose] dat -- {know} [nose] all bout dat --
113 tis my {lef'} [left] hand what I chops de wood
114 be careful [and] not {to} let go your hold
114 easy ting for to put {the} [de] bug fru de
114 suffered to descend, was {not} [now] visible at
114 thence {further} [farther] unrolled it
115 a zeal {worth} [worthy]
116 {toward} [towards] home.
116 to the fullest {extend} [extent]
117 through which you {dropped} [let] the beetle [fall] -- here Legrand
touched
117 we must try [it] again."
117 fancied [that] I saw
118 set to work with the {spade} [spades].
118 vagaries of thought {moust} [most] fully
118 tore up the {mound} [mould] frantically
118 dust of decayed {wollen} [woollen]
119 two strokes of {the} [a] spade
119 a kind of {open} trellis-work
119 there flashed {upward a glow and a glare} [upwards], from a confused
heap of gold and of jewels, [a glow and a glare] that absolutely dazzled
120 de putty goole-bug! {the} [de] poor little goole-bug
120 what I boosed in {tat} [dat] sabage
120 {Wore} [Worn] out as we were
120 human nature to do more {immediately} [just then]
120 the hills immediately {afterward} [afterwards]
121 which, by good {lick} [luck]
121 leaving the {wholes} [holes] unfilled
121 we deposited our {gold} [golden] burthens
121 the first {faint} streaks of the dawn
121 order {of} [or] arrangement.
123 but {afterward} [afterwards] I called to mind
124 sequence of {causes} [cause] and effect
124 drawing {upon} [on] the parchment
124 dismissed all {further} [farther] reflection
125 which had flown {toward} [towards] him
125 {Upon} [On] my consenting
125 an old letter {, when} [-- and then] my hand
126 boat lying {upon the} [on a] sea-coast
126 could afford [but] a single result
127 apparent {upon} [on] the parchment
127 fire was blazing {upon} [on] the hearth
127 to light, {upon} [on] the parchment
127 which I saw designed {upon} [on] it
127 to write {upon} [on] either paper or vellum
128 written {upon} [on] cools
128 but, {upon} [on] persevering
128 money is {to} [too] serious
128 any especial {connection} [connexion]
128 I at once looked {upon} [on] the figure
128 its position {upon} [on] the vellum
129 effect {upon} [on] my fancy
129 occurred {upon} [on] the sole day
129 somewhere {upon} [on] the Atlantic coast
129 so {continuous,} [continuously]
129 and {afterward} [afterwards] reclaimed
129 their {presently} [present] unvarying form
130 with the skull {downward} [downwards]
131 {Upon} [On] taking it off, the whole
131 between the death's head and the goat:
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"But," said I, returning him the slip
131 awaiting me {upon} [on] my solution
132 depend {upon} [on,] and are varied
132 all difficulty {was} [is] removed
132 The pun {upon} [on] the word 'Kidd'
132 In such {cases} [case]
133 {Afterward} [Afterwards], the succession
133 {etc} [&c]
133 {E}< [E however] predominates so remarkably
133 let us observe {it} [if] the 8
134 If we discover {a repetition} [repetitions]
134 {Upon} [On] inspection, we find
134 assume that {;} [the semicolon]
134 We know that the {;} [semicolon]
136 {"It} ["To avoid confusion, it] is now time that we arrange our key,
as far as discovered, in a tabular form {, to avoid confusion}.
136 no less than {eleven} [ten] of the most important letters
136 in the devil's seat {forty} [twenty]-one degrees
136 'bishop's {hostels'?}" [hotels?']"
137 in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat {forty}[--twenty]-one
138 the summit {upon} [on] which I stood
139 the phrases, {'forty} ['twenty]-one degrees
139 retain a seat {upon} [on] it
139 {except} [unless] in one particular
139 Of course, the {'forty} ['twenty]-one degrees
139 angle of {forty[twenty]}-one degrees
139 {"Upon} ["On] this discovery I was so sanguine
139 the skull {upon} [on] the tree
139 search for {a} buried treasure.
140 I turned {homeward} [homewards] .
140 glimpse of it {afterward} [afterwards],
140 ledge {upon} [on] the face of the rock
141 deep-seated {impressions} [convictions]
141 insist {upon} [on] letting fall the bug
142 But [, the worst of] this labor concluded
"Ligeia"
The header erroneously attributes this e-text to the Oxford Text Archive, P-1855-A, but it actually derives from Oxford Text Archive, U*-1244-A. Although the text header claims the e-text has been "spell-checked," which apparently removed many of the nonsense words produced by digitization, 21 variants remain between the Virginia ETC version and the text in Vol. 2 of the Harrison edition.
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249 {an} [and] the misty-winged Ashtophet
250 {gently} [gentle] prominence of the regions
254 but less {know} [known]-- that delicious
254 tides of the {most} gentle emotion
255 That she {love} [loved] me I should not
256 recognized the {principal} [principle] of
256 At high noon {on} [of] the night
256 she {bad} [bade] me repeat certain verses
257 leaping to her feet {an} [and] extending
258 ordinarily falls [to] the lot of mortals.
258 in the solemn {carving} [carvings] of Egypt,
259 I {lead} [led] from the altar as my bride
261 current of {the} wind behind the draperies
261 hatred {belong} [belonging] more to demon
263 from {th} [the] censer, a shadow
264 a rapid change for {th} [the] worse
264 Then rushed {back} upon me a thousand memories
265 I therefore struggled {along} [alone] in my endeavors
267 dead, {one} [once] again stirred
267 {they} [the] eyelids
268 Here {than} [then], at least