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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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Which would have held its own in the nethermost hell
The very thought drove me mad. A terrible desire came upon me to rid the world of such a monster. There was no lethal weapon at hand, but I seized a shovel which the workmen had been using to fill the cases, and lifting it high, struck, with the edge downward, at the hateful face. But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror. The sight seemed to paralyze me, and the shovel turned in my hand and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead. The shovel fell from my hand across the box,and as I pulled it away the flange of the blade caught the edge of the lid which fell over again, and hid the horrid thing from my sight. The last glimpse I had was of the bloated face, blood-stained and fixed with a grin of malice which would have held its own in the nethermost hell. - Dracula, Bram Stoker
What does the phrase "with the edge downward"? I think the dracula, or whatever it was, was in horizontal position in a case and the person struck the dracula from the above in a near vertical direction?
I couldn't understand this set of words "and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead". Please help me.
"which would have held its own in the nethermost hell" - I think here "its own" means one of its own kind, i.e. a dracula, in the abyss of hell. Do I have it right?
Please help me. It would be very kind of you.
What does the phrase "with the edge downward"? I think the dracula, or whatever it was, was in horizontal position in a case and the person struck the dracula from the above in a near vertical direction?
I couldn't understand this set of words "and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead". Please help me.
"which would have held its own in the nethermost hell" - I think here "its own" means one of its own kind, i.e. a dracula, in the abyss of hell. Do I have it right?
Please help me. It would be very kind of you.
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Hello Jackson6612 What does the phrase "with the edge downward"? The edge of the shovel was pointing downwards. I think you have the right visual image of Dracula (name) or a monster of some sort being in a position below the person speaking.
- Hello Jackson6612 What does the phrase "with the edge downward"?
- The edge of the shovel was pointing downwards.
- I think you have the right visual image of Dracula (name) or a monster of some sort being in a position below the person speaking.
- Jackson6612 "and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead" To glance off something means to hit or touch something quickly and lightly at an angle and move away in another direction.
- The shovel twisted and so did not hit the face directly.
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Jackson6612What does the phrase "with the edge downward"?The edge of the shovel was pointing downwards. I think you have the right visual image of Dracula (name) or a monster of some sort being in a position below the person speaking.
Jackson6612"and glanced from the face, merely making a deep gash above the forehead"
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