Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character.

Edgar Allan Poe

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• Horse
• Prodigious
• Untractable

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• He is, as you say, a remarkable horse, a prodigious horse, although as you very justly observe, a suspicious and untractable character.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Character
  • Horse
  • Prodigious