“They stared at him with such fixed, statue-like gaze, that his heart turned within him and his knees smote together.”
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“He even ventured to taste the beverage, which he found had much of the flavour of excellent Hollands.”
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“Surely,” thought he, “I have not slept here all night.... Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon! what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?”
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