Moby Dick
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Far inland, nameless wails came from him, as desolate sounds from out ravines
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Far inland, nameless wails came from him, as desolate sounds from out ravines
A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul.
he would have been deified by their child-magian thoughts
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
he would have been deified by their child-magian thoughts
in general shape the noble Sperm Whale’s head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
in general shape the noble Sperm Whale’s head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop.
never mind if they lie side by side and touch each other
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
never mind if they lie side by side and touch each other
Then be called ten times a donkey, and a mule, and an ass, and begone, or I’ll clear the world of thee!
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Then be called ten times a donkey, and a mule, and an ass, and begone, or I’ll clear the world of thee!
Wet, drenched through, and shivering cold, despairing of ship or boat, we lifted up our eyes as the dawn came on.
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wet, drenched through, and shivering cold, despairing of ship or boat, we lifted up our eyes as the dawn came on.
the hideous rot of life should make him easier to harvest
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the hideous rot of life should make him easier to harvest
And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror
Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Who can tell how appalling to the wounded whale must have been such huge phantoms flitting over his head!
the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
the whale’s vast plaited forehead forms innumerable strange devices for the emblematical adornment of his wondrous tun
To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
To-morrow, in the natural sun, the skies will be bright
It was unsafe to meddle with the corpses and ghosts of these creatures.
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It was unsafe to meddle with the corpses and ghosts of these creatures.
There is magic in it.
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
There is magic in it.
we heard about Moby Dick—as some call him—and then I knew it was he.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
we heard about Moby Dick—as some call him—and then I knew it was he.
“I fear not thy epidemic, man,” said Ahab
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“I fear not thy epidemic, man,” said Ahab
there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive, half-fabulous whales, which, as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally
in what is called a long dart, the heavy implement has to be flung to the distance of twenty or thirty feet
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
in what is called a long dart, the heavy implement has to be flung to the distance of twenty or thirty feet
they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
December 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
this interlude was over
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
this interlude was over
Whether he had lost that fin in battle, or had been born without it, it were hard to say.
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Whether he had lost that fin in battle, or had been born without it, it were hard to say.
for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make