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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 133 The Chase — First Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 134 The Chase — Second ... ...nd Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 135 The Chase — Third Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Epilogue . . . . . . . ... ...e is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to play therein.” Psalms. “In that day, the Lord withhis sore, and great, and strong sword, shall punish Levia... ...s or arpens of land.” Holland’s Pliny. “Scarcely had we proceeded two days on the sea, when about sunrise a great many Whales and other monsters of th... ... monstrous size. * * This came towards us, open mouthed, raising the waves on all sides, and beating the sea before him into a foam.” Tooke’s Lucian. ... ...of one whale.” Ibid. “History of Life and Death. ” “The sovereignest thing on earth is parmacetti for an inward bruise.” King Henry. “Very like a whal... ...ale did me confine. With speed he flew to my relief, As on a radiant dolphin borne; Awful, yet bright, as lightning shone The face of my Deliverer God. ... ...n case he invited me, I would comply or otherwise. I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presby terian Church. How the... ... infant Indian in his talons. With loud lament the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide waters. They resolved to follow in the sam...

... body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality....

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The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

.... . . . . . . . . . 15 Progress of Vice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Monody on the Death of Chatterton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 An In... ...Evening Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Pain . . . . . . 23 On a Lady Weeping: Imitation from the Latin of Nicolaus Archius . . . . ... ...rom the Latin of Nicolaus Archius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Monody on a Tea-kettle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Genevieve . . .... ... . . . . 344 An Ode to the Rain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 A Day-dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Answer to a Child’s Question... ...ful years conceal: Thoughtless of bitter-smiling Woe Which all mankind are born to know And they themselves must feel. Yet he who Wisdom’s paths s... ... Shall cheerful spend the hour. While steady Virtue guides his mind Heav’n-born Content he still shall find That never sheds a tear: Without respe... ...ain Preferr’d their vows; yet all preferr’d in vain, Till charming Florio, born to conquer, came And touch’d the fair one with an equal flame. The... ...her hair, The dark green Adder’s Tongue was there; And still as pass’d the flagging sea-gale weak, The long lank leaf bow’d fluttering o’er her che... ... parts Coleridge: Poems The upper air burst into life! And a hundred fire-flags sheen, To and fro they were hurried about! And to and fro, and in...

...- Julia, 7 -- Quae Nocent Docent, 8 -- The Nose, 9 -- To the Muse, 11 -- Destruction of the Bastile, 12 -- Life, 14 -- Progress of Vice, 15 -- Monody on the Death of Chatterton, 16 -- An Invocation, 19 -- Anna and Harland, 20 -- To the Evening Star, 21 -- Pain, 22 -- On a Lady Weeping: Imitation from the Latin of Nicolaus Archius, 23 -- Monody on a Tea-kettle, 24 -- Genevi...

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Paradise Lost

By: John Milton

... Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, 5 Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire That Shepherd, ... ... Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad’st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine... ...Who durst defie th’ Omnipotent to Arms. Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night 50 To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquisht,... ...enn he views The dismal Situation waste and wilde, 60 A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great Furnace flam’d, yet from those flames ... ...lk as huge As whom the Fables name of monstrous size, TITANIAN, or EARTH-BORN, that warr’d on JOVE, BRIARIOS or TYPHON, whom the Den By ancien... ... obeyd Innumerable. As when the potent Rod Of AMRAMS Son in EGYPTS evill day Wav’d round the Coast, up call’d a pitchy cloud 340 Of LOCUSTS, wa... ...en he pass’d From EGYPT marching, equal’d with one stroke Both her first born and all her bleating Gods. BELIAL came last, then whom a Spirit mo... ...fest later then Heav’n and Earth Thir boasted Parents; TITAN Heav’ns first born 510 With his enormous brood, and birthright seis’d By younger SAT... ...here for Maistrie, and to Battel bring Thir embryon Atoms; they around the flag 900 Of each his faction, in thir several Clanns, Light-arm’d or h...

...ght Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav?nly Muse, that on the secret top Of OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav?ns and Earth Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill Delight thee more, and SILOA?S Brook that fl...

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Two Years before the Mast, And Twenty-Four Years After: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana

... . . . . 6 CHAPTER III — SHIP’S DUTIES—TROPICS CHAPTER IV — A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—’’LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HO!’’—POMPERO—CAPE HORN . . ... .... . . . . . 46 DUTIES—DISCONTENT—SAN PEDRO CHAPTER XV — A FLOGGING—A NIGHT ON SHORE—THE STATE OF THINGS ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 BOARD—... .... . . . 52 BOARD—SAN DIEGO . . . . . . . . . . 59 CHAPTER XVI — LIBERTY DAY ON SHORE CHAPTER XVII — SAN DIEGO—A DESERTION—SAN PEDRO AGAIN—BEATING U... ...ft it to the captain. He picked out an active and intelligent young sailor, born near the Kennebec, who had been several Canton voyages, and proclaim... ...d by something like a palisade, from which an old and dingy looking Chilian flag was flying. This, of course, was dignified by the title of Presidio... ...e sun about an hour high, and every- thing looking pleasantly. The Mexican flag was flying from the little square Presidio, and the drums and trump... ... piracy or submission are his only alternatives. Bad as it was, it must be borne. It is what a sailor ships for. Swinging the rope over his head, a... ...procession as the other did like a house of mourning. The little coffin was borne by eight girls, who were continually relieved by others, running f... ..., men appointed to each, cartridges served out, matches lighted, and all the flags ready to be run up. I took my place at the starboard after gun, an...

...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve...

... CHAPTER I ? DEPARTURE, 1 -- CHAPTER II ? FIRST IMPRESSIONS???SAIL HO!??, 3 -- CHAPTER III ? SHIP?S DUTIES?TROPICS, 6 -- CHAPTER IV ? A ROGUE?TROUBLE ON BOARD???LAND -- HO!???POMPERO?CAPE HORN, 9 -- CHAPTER V ? CAPE HORN?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE??...

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Sartor Resartus the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdr Ockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...d state of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards... ...tal character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on the subject of Clothes. Our Theory of Gravitation is as good as perfec... ...s perfect: Lagrange, it is well known, has proved that the Planetary System, on this scheme, will endure forever; Laplace, still more cunningly, even ... ...Laplace, still more cunningly, even guesses that it could not have been made on any other scheme. Whereby, at least, our nautical Logbooks can be bett... ...that, one 2 Gukguk is unhappily only an academical beer. 12 SARTOR RESARTUS day, he would probably be hanged for his democratic sentiments. Wo steckt... ...creen yonder, with spurs on its heels and feather in its crown, is but of To day, without a Yesterday or a To morrow; and had not rather its Ancestor ... ...! The joyful and the sorrowful are there; men are dying there, men are being born; men are praying,—on the other side of a brick par tition, men are ... ... an unfledged booby and bustard, by his limbs; most Kings and Queens by being born under such and such a bed tester; Boileau De spr´ eaux (according t... ...abred into crows’ meat for a piece of glazed cotton, which they called their Flag; which, had you sold it at any market cross, would not have brought ...

...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; PRELIMINARY -- CONSIDERING our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more fiercely than ever, but innumerable Rushlights, and Sulphur-matches,...

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The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner : Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years All Alone in an Un-Inhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, Wherein All the Men Perished but Himself, With an Account How He Was at Last as Strangely Deliver'D by Pyrates

By: Daniel Defoe

...in the Publication. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &c. I Was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho’ not of t... ...Life of Ease and Pleasure. He told me it was for Men of desperate Fortunes on one Hand, or of aspiring, superior Fortunes on the other, who went abroa... ...d, that Kings have frequently lamented the miserable Consequences of being born to great things, and wish’d they had been placed in the Middle of the ... ...y or Mind, as those were who, by vicious Living, Luxury and Extravagancies on one Hand, or by hard labour, Want of Nec essaries, and mean or insuffici... ...nd, or by hard labour, Want of Nec essaries, and mean or insufficient Diet on the other hand, bring Distempers upon themselves by the natural Conseque... ...ecipitate my self into Miseries which Nature and the Station of Life I was born in, seem’d to have provided against; that I was under no Necessity of ... ...oles in the Form of Rafters lean ing against the Rock, and load them with Flaggs and large Leaves of Trees like a Thatch. December 10th, I began now ... ...USOE lay upon the Beach of the Sea, with his Hands and his Feet ty’d, with Flags, or Things like Rushes; and that he was an European, and had Cloaths ... ...dead. While my Man Friday fir’d at them, I pull’d out my Knife, and cut the Flags that bound the poor Victim, and loosing his Hands, and Feet, I lifted...

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