Imperious: Circumstances of an imperious
nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from
taking service with that gallant army... (II)
Picket: "Is there no force on this side of the creek?"
"Only a picket post half a mile out, on the railroad, and a single
sentinel at this end of the bridge. (II)
Ramification: Keen,
poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every
fiber of his body and limbs. These pains appeared to flash along well
defined lines of ramification and to beat with an inconceivably rapid
periodicity. (III)
Plash: Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light
about him shot upward with the noise of a loud plash; a frightful
roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark.(III)
Preternaturally: He was now in full possession of his physical senses. They were,
indeed, preternaturally keen and alert. (III)
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