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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
all
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
American
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
Antonina
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
author
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
aware
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
beings
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
board
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
borne
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
British
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to resume our little quarto.
capstan
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
CAST
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From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
circumstance
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
conducted
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
contrived
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
day
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
denounce
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
destroying
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
die
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
established
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
Estell
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
experience
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
extremity
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
famine
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
FATAL
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From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
fatalities
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
food
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
French
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
frigate
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
furnishing
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
group
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
Heer
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
Heer's
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
hideous
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
hoarse
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
HOW
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human
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
hunger
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
impossible
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
improbabilities
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
improbable
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
informed
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
instances
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But to resume our little quarto.
lost
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
LOTS
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From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
many
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
mate
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
means
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
Mediterranean
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
Medusa
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
Nautilus
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
occasions
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
other
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But to resume our little quarto.
own
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
Peggy
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
personal
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
quarto
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From this reading But to resume our little quarto.
readers
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
resume
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From this reading But to resume our little quarto.
rock
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
says
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
seamen
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
silent
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
solitary
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
some
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
spirit
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
starvation
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
starving
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
subsist
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
tendency
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
terribly
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
then
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
THEYpronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
too
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
truth
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
Van
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
VOYAGE
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From this reading THE FATAL VOYAGE--HOW THEY CAST LOTS.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
well
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
whisper
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From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The mate conducted the Heer Van Estell to the capstan, where the starving seamen stood in a silent group, and then he informed him in a hoarse whisper-- "That unless they contrived a means of furnishing themselves with food, they must all die of starvation; it was impossible for them to subsist for another day.
witness
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From this reading "I am aware," says the author of _Antonina_, "of the tendency in some readers to denounce truth itself as improbable, unless their own personal experience has borne witness to it."
wreck
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From this reading In this spirit, some may denounce the fatalities of the Heer's voyage as improbabilities, though the hideous circumstance of human beings in extremity of hunger destroying each other for food, has been too well and too terribly established in many instances--such as the wreck of the French frigate _Medusa_; when the British frigate _Nautilus_ was lost on a solitary rock in the Mediterranean; during the famine on board the American ship _Peggy_; and on many other occasions.
