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In "The Fall of the House of Usher" it states "There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart-an unremembered dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination cold torture into aught of the sub-time. What was it-I paused to think- what was it that so unnerved me in with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.

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Incomplete question. However, I inferred you may want to know whether the statement is true.

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True

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Indeed, as found in the attachment, in that article such statement was made. So the complete article reads;

"There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart-an unremembered dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sub-time. What was it- I paused to think what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered."

In "The Fall of the House of Usher" it states "There was an iciness-example-1
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