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...s Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.” —Jonah. “There go the ships; there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to play therein.” —Psalm... ...ld run their ship upon them.” —Schouten’ s Sixth Circumnavigation. “We set sail from the Elbe, wind N.E. in the ship called The Jonas-in-the-Whale. ..... ...red to one; than we have to the northward of us.” —Captain Cowley’ s V oy- age Round the Globe, A.D. 1729. “... and the breath of the whale is frequen... ... ocean without being struck by her near appearance. The vessel under short sail, with look-outs at the mast-heads, eagerly scanning the wide ex- panse... ...do not pretend to quote:— Sacred to the Memory of John Talbot, Who, at the age of eighteen, was lost overboard, Near the Isle of Desolation, off Patag... ... presented to the company as a harpooneer, say; and if in emulation of the naval officers he should append the initials S.W .F. (Sperm Whale Fishery) ... ...ke craggy guns of lofty Mackinaw; they have heard the fleet thunderings of naval victories; at intervals, they yield their beaches to wild barbarians,...

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...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHO... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 40 Midnight, Forecastle Harpooneers and sailors. . . . . . . . . . . 172 41 Moby Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 42 The Whiteness of the Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 43 Hark! . . . . .... ...e Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.” Jonah. “There go the ships; there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to play therein.” Psalms... ...ould run their ship upon them.” Schouten’s Sixth Circumnavigation. “We set sail from the Elbe, wind N. E. in the ship called The Jonas in the Whale. *... ...do not pretend to quote: — SACRED TotheMemory O F JOHN TALBOT, Who, at the age of eighteen, was lost overboard, Near the Isle of Desolation, off Patag... ...ime I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second flowering youth,... ... presented to the company as a harpooneer, say; and if in emulation of the naval officers he should append the initials S.W.F. (Sperm Whale Fishery) to... ...ike craggy guns of lofty Mackinaw; they have heard the fleet thunderings of naval victories; at intervals, they yield their beaches to wild barbar ian...

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... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume Two trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...f valor; and af- terwards giving frequent proofs both of conduct and cour- age in all the following war, he was advanced to places of honor and trust ... ...e gate, and seizing upon all quarters of the city, he slew all who were of age to bear arms, and then ordering his soldiers to lay aside their weapons... ...those coun- tries that were of military age, and undertook the building of ships and the making of all sorts of warlike engines, by which means he kep... ... fell upon them and slew a great number. This new misfortune forced him to sail back again into Spain, whence he was also repulsed, and, some Cilician... ...lthough his ships were not built for strength, but for lightness and swift sailing; but a violent west wind raised such a sea that many of them were r... ...nment, there came news from Asia, that the Persian king was mak- ing great naval preparations, resolving with a high hand to dispossess the Spartans o... ... against the two kings, Mithridates and Tigranes, retaining still the same naval forces and the sovereignty of the seas as before. But this was nothin...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?KASPAR! MAKAN!? The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon....

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...h doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two c...

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...Excerpt: I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that opportunity, with my voice sticking in my...

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