How did the narrator come upon the House of Usher?

He was drunkenly stumbling home after a night at the bar and got lost.
He was invited by a mysterious stranger to have drinks and h'orderves.
He hitchhikes, desperately hoping he will find work ushering at the small theatre.
He was riding on horse back by himself when he crosses the house.

Antony refers to brutus and his co conspirators as honorable. what effect does the continued repetition of this word have on the tone of the words around it?

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

What is the most reliable method of research in lexicographery