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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 And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
all
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
aught
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
barge
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
boat
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
bumped
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
ceased
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
clashnounUS /klæʃ/
A violent confrontation or disagreement between opposing forces or factions.
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
comfort
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
dancers
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
Dobson
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
ear
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
Europe
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
exactly
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
exercise
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
eyes
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From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
fact
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
full
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
glory
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
humped
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
hymn
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
instrumentation
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
joy
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
Judas
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
just
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
loudly
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
mean
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
Miss
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
music
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
oarsmen
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
ones
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
opposite
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
orchestras
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
panting
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
reprieve
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
resolved
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
rocking
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
sat
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
some
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
stampers
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
Straussian
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
there
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From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
thrown
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
towing-path
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
unison
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
Univ
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From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
upcast
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From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
vanquished
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
victors
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
vocalisation
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
volume
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
Wagnerian
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fact was that the Judas boat had just bumped Univ., exactly opposite the Judas barge.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
wholesome
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
wild
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
wordless
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From this reading And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson.
writhing
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From this reading The oarsmen in either boat sat humped, panting, some of them rocking and writhing, after their wholesome exercise.
Zuleika
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From this reading But there was not one of them whose eyes were not upcast at Zuleika.
Zuleika's
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From this reading “So be it!” he cried into Zuleika’s ear--cried loudly, for it seemed as though all the Wagnerian orchestras of Europe, with the Straussian ones thrown in, were here to clash in unison the full volume of right music for the glory of the reprieve.
