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after
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From this reading But moment after moment elapsed.
along
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
already
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
and
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
As
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
barrel
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
been
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
before
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
belt
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
But
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From this reading But moment after moment elapsed.
ceased
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
closed
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
dared
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
death-struggles
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
descentnounUS /dɪˈsent/
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
destruction
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
elapsed
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From this reading But moment after moment elapsed.
exception
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
expected
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
eyes
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
falling
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
felt
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
foam
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
For
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had
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
hold
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I
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
in
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
instant
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
instinctively
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
it
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
lay
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
lived
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From this reading I still lived.
moment
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From this reading But moment after moment elapsed.
more
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
motion
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
much
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
my
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
not
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
now
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
of
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
seconds
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
seemed
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
sense
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
she
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
sickeningadjectiveUS /ˈsɪkənɪŋ/
causing intense fear, disgust, or dizziness
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some
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
still
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From this reading I still lived.
sweep
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
that
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
the
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
them
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
tightened
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
upon
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From this reading “As I felt the sickening sweep of the descent, I had instinctively tightened my hold upon the barrel, and closed my eyes.
vessel
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From this reading The sense of falling had ceased; and the motion of the vessel seemed much as it had been before, while in the belt of foam, with the exception that she now lay more along.
was
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
water
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while
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
with
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wondered
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From this reading For some seconds I dared not open them—while I expected instant destruction, and wondered that I was not already in my death-struggles with the water.
