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Between the two poles there's Manzanilla, a type of light Fino made around the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Amontillado, which is somewhere between Fino and Oloroso in style, sweetness and color.
Sherry's Long, Rich Past and Uncertain Present Lettie Teague 2011
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Look for a sherry called "Amontillado," which refers to the medium-dry character of the wine.
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It's fun to think of a syllabus along these lines, starting with Lovecraft ("Rats in the Walls") and Poe ("Amontillado"), not forgetting classic Walpole and Radcliffe.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Gothic surprise in Turkey 2007
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It's fun to think of a syllabus along these lines, starting with Lovecraft ("Rats in the Walls") and Poe ("Amontillado"), not forgetting classic Walpole and Radcliffe.
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They had consumed marvellous quantities of that small Amontillado which is as it were a thin fire to the blood, heating and degenerating at once.
In Kedar's Tents Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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"Rudder Grange," and in "The Transferred Ghost," very great powers, and a pleasant, dry kind of Amontillado flavour in his fun, which somewhat reminds one of Thackeray -- the Thackeray of the "Bedford-row Conspiracy" and of "A Little Dinner at Timmins."
Lost Leaders Andrew Lang 1878
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'Amontillado' was Hebrew to Fleda, but 'goblet' was intelligible.
Queechy 1854
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'Amontillado' was Hebrew to Fleda, but 'goblet' was intelligible.
Queechy, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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'Amontillado' was Hebrew to Fleda, but 'goblet' was intelligible.
Queechy Susan Warner 1852
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"AN EVENING WITH (THE GHOST OF) ELIZA POE" An actress portraying Edgar Allan Poe's late mother hosts a reading of some of her son's poems and stories, including "The Raven," "To My Mother" and "The Cask of Amontillado."
Going Out Guide for Montgomery County, Md., Oct. 28-Nov. 3 Post 2010
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