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Which treats of the character and pursuits of the famous gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.

In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, 32 there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, 33

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