posed him to thwart me in the
least of my gratifications. My purpose was surely laudableand yet on
leaving the house and returning to itI was obliged to use the vigilance
and circumspection of a thief.
One night I left my bed with this view. I posted first to my vocal glen
and thence scrambling up a neighbouring steepwhich overlooked a wide
extent of this romantic countrygave myself up to contemplationand the
perusal of Milton's Comus.
My reflections were naturally suggested by the singularity of this echo.
To hear my own voice speak at a distance would have been formerly
regarded as prodigious. To hear toothat voicenot uttered by another
by whom it might easily be mimickedbut by myself
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recollect the transition which led me to the notion of soundssimilar to
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thesebut produced by other means than reverberation. Could I not so
dispose my organs as to make my voice appear at a distance?
From speculation I proceeded to experiment. The idea of a distant
voicelike my ownwas intimately present to my fancy. I exerted myself
with a most ardent desireand with something like a persuasion that I
should succeed. yilai：
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