Edgar Allan Poe - “He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of...”

“He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling.”

Edgar Allan Poe The Complete Stories and Poems

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