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1  But my knee was bothering me terribly.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  The pain from my hurt knee was agonizing.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  We stood in the water to our knees as I bared my head.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
4  I tried to rise, but struck my head and was knocked back on hands and knees.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  Wolf Larsen was still waiting an explanation, and I pointed down to my knees.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  I glanced warily at him, for I was on my knees taking the ashes from the stove.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Several times I collided against hard objects, once striking my right knee a terrible blow.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  But the three days' rest was good in spite of it all, for it had given my knee the very chance it needed.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  I could feel my knee through my clothes, swelling, and swelling, and I was sick and faint from the pain of it.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  I noted that the hunter, a huge Scandinavian sitting in the bow, held his rifle, ready to hand, across his knees.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV
11  Then my knees gave from under me and I sank down, myself again, but overcome by shock at knowledge of what I had so nearly done.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  The speed with which I ran from the galley caused excruciating pain in my knee, and I sank down helplessly at the break of the poop.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
13  My knee is much better, though it often aches for long periods, and the stiffness is gradually leaving the arm which Wolf Larsen squeezed.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  His rifle was between his knees, but if he let go the steering-oar in order to shoot, the boat would sweep around and collide with the schooner.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  Then he came in like a fresh-caught fish on a line, clearing the rail generously and striking the deck in a heap, on hands and knees, and rolling over.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
16  I came upon Kelly crouching to the lee of the forecastle scuttle, his head on his knees, his arms about his head, in an attitude of unutterable despondency.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
17  Oh, only on the other side, he added, as though divining the suspicious glance I flung at his left leg, the knee of which had just then drawn up, and elevated the blankets.
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ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
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