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  • The sleepy young man relaxed himself resignedly upon a bench in the hall had returned to the dormance from which he had been roused.

    The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

  • I wondered if in the case of Mr. Trelawny and Mr. Corbeck, who had already been under the hypnotic influence of the Queen, the same dormance was manifesting itself.

    The Jewel of Seven Stars Bram Stoker 1879

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