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1  How Maud could stand it was beyond me.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  "I wouldn't stand for that," he replied.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  Mr. Van Weyden, stand by to pass the head-sails over.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  I simply could not stand upright and endure the agony.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Maud could not stand, nor had I strength to carry her.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  You've discovered your own and learned to stand on them.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  "I may have learned to stand on my own legs," I retorted.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  Nothing remained but to stand still and accept the indignity.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
9  Not only did it not stand them in good stead, but it destroyed them.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  I seemed to stand outside myself and to look at myself incredulously.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  We must stand together, without appearing to do so, in secret alliance.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  "But I'll stand my watch on board hereafter," I blurted out a moment later.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  At last, after what seemed centuries, unable longer to stand the strain, I looked around.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER III
14  But the supply of food and the nine breakers of water enabled the boat to stand up to the sea and wind, and I held on as long as I dared.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  Feet with which to clutch the ground, legs to stand on and to help withstand, while with arms and hands, teeth and nails, I struggle to kill and to be not killed.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
16  The stern of the vessel shot by, dropping, as it did so, into a hollow between the waves; and I caught a glimpse of a man standing at the wheel, and of another man who seemed to be doing little else than smoke a cigar.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER I
17  Then I compelled her to stand up, and though she would have fallen had I not supported her, I forced her to walk back and forth the several steps between the thwart and the stern-sheets, and finally to spring up and down.
The Sea-Wolf By Jack London
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
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