... averred, that upon first thrusting in for him, a leg was presented; but
MOBY DICK
HERMAN MELVILLE
CHAPTER 77
The Great Heidelburgh Tun
Now comes the Baling of the Case. But to ... instance- almost fatal operation whereby the Sperm Whale's great
Heidelburgh Tun is tapped.
CHAPTER 78
Cistern and Buckets
Nimble as a cat, Tashtego mounts aloft; and without...
... feeds upon that heart
for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates.
MOBY DICK
HERMAN MELVILLE
CHAPTER 43
Hark!
"HIST! Did you hear that noise, Cabaco?
It ... whales,
sperm or right, have been seen."
CHAPTER 44
The Chart
Had you followed Captain Ahab down into his cabin after the squall that took
place on the night succeeding th...
... Sperm Whale's brow? I but put
that brow before you. Read it if you can.
MOBY DICK
HERMAN MELVILLE
CHAPTER 79
The Prairie
To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on ... whale's proper brain, you deem it
incapable of being adequately charted, then I have another idea for you. If you
attentively regard almost any quadruped's spine, you will be st...
... the sacred quarter-deck enormous masses of the whale's head are
profanely piled; great rusty casks lie about, as in a brewery yard; the smoke
MOBY DICK
HERMAN MELVILLE
CHAPTER 97 ... spermaceti, oil, and bone pass unscathed through
the fire;- but now it remains to conclude the last chapter of this part of the
description by rehearsing- singing, if I may- the romantic...
... mid most of them all, one grand hooded
phantom, like a snow hill in the air.
MOBY DICK
Herman Melville
CHAPTER 1
Loomings
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- ... nearly the same feelings towards
the ocean with me.
There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as
Indian isles by coral reefs- commerce surrounds i...
...
swinging sign had a poverty-stricken sort of creak to it, I thought that here was
MOBY DICK
Herman Melville
CHAPTER 2
The Carpet-Bag
I stuffed a shirt or two into my old carpet-bag, tucked ... a candle moving about in a tomb. At this hour of the
night, of the last day of the week, that quarter of the town proved all but
deserted. But presently I came to a smoky light proce...
... now," said he, grinning again, "Queequeg here wouldn't harm a
MOBY DICK
Herman Melville
CHAPTER 3
The Spouter Inn
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found ... live, these covered parts of him were checkered with the
same squares as his face, his back, too, was all over the same dark squares; he
seemed to have been in a Thirty Years' War, and .....
... MOBY DICK
Herman Melville
CHAPTER 4
The Counterpane
Upon waking next morning about daylight, I found ... thought I had
been his wife. The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored
squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable
Cretan labyrinth