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A
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
After
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
along
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
amazingly
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
and
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
asleep
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
at
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
avoid
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
away
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
backwater
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
barefooted
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
been
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
below
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
but
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
candle
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
Carrollton
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
coarse
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
current
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
door
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
drawing
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
everyone
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
feet
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
few
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
FOR
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
fronted
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
great
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
had
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
hair
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
hammering
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
hand
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
head
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
his
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
hotel
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
huge
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
hundred
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
in
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
into
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
It
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
its
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
Kentucky
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
knotted
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
landing
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
lay
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
lean
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
leg
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
levee
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
little
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
long
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
man
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
midnight
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
minutes
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
monstrous
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
more
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
mouth
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
of
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
Ohio
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
quiet
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
River
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
Roderick
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
rowing
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
rushes
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
several
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
shore
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
so
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
some
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
Spenser
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
stage
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
stature
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
steep
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
stretch
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
succeeded
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
swift
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
than
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
thatched
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
the
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
thunderous
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
time
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
to
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
top
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
toward
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
village
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From this reading It was midnight, so everyone in the village had long been asleep.
was
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From this reading The hotel was but a hundred feet away, at the top of the steep levee.
well
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
wharf-boat
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
which
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From this reading FOR some time Spenser had been rowing well in toward the Kentucky shore, to avoid the swift current of the Kentucky River which rushes into the Ohio at Carrollton.
with
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
yards
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From this reading A few yards below its mouth, in the quiet stretch of backwater along shore, lay the wharf-boat, little more than a landing stage.
yellow-brown
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From this reading After several minutes of thunderous hammering Roderick succeeded in drawing to the door a barefooted man with a candle in his huge, knotted hand--a man of great stature, amazingly lean and long of leg, with a monstrous head thatched and fronted with coarse, yellow-brown hair.
