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1  Then a crowd would gather and listen, muttering threats.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26
2  More and more friends gathered round while the lamentation about these things was going on.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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3  Finally all three are gathered at the foot of the tables, and there Tamoszius mounts upon a stool.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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4  The banks of "Bubbly Creek" are plastered thick with hairs, and this also the packers gather and clean.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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5  Meantime, of course, policemen were coming on a run, and as a crowd gathered other police got excited and sent in a riot call.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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6  Seven or eight people were gathered about it when Adams and his friend arrived, and Jurgis saw to his dismay that three of them were ladies.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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7  He sat perfectly motionless, silent, but gripping his hands tightly, while a storm gathered in his bosom and a flood heaped itself up behind his eyes.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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8  And then, while some of the other prisoners gathered round he told his wild story; most of them were incredulous, but Duane knew that Jurgis could never have made up such a yarn as that.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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9  He strolled about and talked with them, and the biggest of them told tales of their prowess, while those who were weaker, or younger and inexperienced, gathered round and listened in admiring silence.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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10  Some of the men gather about the bar; some wander about, laughing and singing; here and there will be a little group, chanting merrily, and in sublime indifference to the others and to the orchestra as well.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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11  Once, however, an ingenious stranger came and started to gather this filth in scows, to make lard out of; then the packers took the cue, and got out an injunction to stop him, and afterward gathered it themselves.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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12  Once, however, an ingenious stranger came and started to gather this filth in scows, to make lard out of; then the packers took the cue, and got out an injunction to stop him, and afterward gathered it themselves.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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13  The proprietor would get into a discussion with some one in the lobby, and as the conversation grew animated, others would gather about to listen, until finally every one in the place would be crowded into a group, and a regular debate would be under way.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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14  All these industries were gathered into buildings near by, connected by galleries and railroads with the main establishment; and it was estimated that they had handled nearly a quarter of a billion of animals since the founding of the plant by the elder Durham a generation and more ago.
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15  And meantime, agents of the packers were gathering gangs of Negroes in the country districts of the far South, promising them five dollars a day and board, and being careful not to mention there was a strike; already carloads of them were on the way, with special rates from the railroads, and all traffic ordered out of the way.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
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