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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...z more than two thousand miles to the westward from that, just outside the Straits of Gibraltar. See ye not then, shipmates, that Jonah sought to flee ... ...projecting, like two long promontories thickly wooded on top. Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed. Whilst I was thus closely sc... ... But Queequeg vowed a vow. Alone in his canoe, he paddled off to a distant strait, which he knew the ship must pass through when she quitted the islan... ...ut an incessant belt of circumnavigations round it; peeped in at Bhering’s Straits; and in all seasons and all oceans declared everlasting war with th... ...evertheless, not three days previous, Bildad had told them that no profane songs would be allowed on board the Pequod, particularly in getting under w... ...rawn in scales of chain armor like Saladin’s, and a helmeted head like St. George’s; ever since then has something of the same sort of license prevail... ...me supposed to be indirectly derived from it — is that famous story of St. George and the Dragon; which dragon I maintain to have Chapter 82 The Hono... ...us reptile of the marsh perpetuates his kind as inevitably as the sweetest songster of the grove; so, equally with every felicity, all miserable event...

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The Merry Wiues of Windsor

By: William Shakespeare

...l. Tut, a pin: this shall be answer’d. 111 Fal. I will answere it strait, I haue done all this: 112 That is now answer’d. 113 S... ... Slen. I had rather then forty shillings I had my booke 184 of Songs and Sonnets heere: How now Simple, where 185 haue you beene? I ... ... 685 Page. How now Meg? 686 Mist.Page. Whether goe you (George?) harke you. 687 Mis.Ford. How now (sweet Frank) why art t... ...Page? 693 Mis.Page. Haue with you: you’ll come to dinner 694 George? Looke who comes yonder: shee shall bee our 695 Messenger to th... ...heir mindes, 2374 And at the Deanry, where a Priest attends 2375 Strait marry her: to this her Mothers plot 2376 She seemingly obedient)... ... it was not Anne, but a Post- masters boy. 2685 Mist.Page. Good George be not angry, I knew of 2686 your purpose: turn’d my daughter in...

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The Prelude Or, Growth of a Poets Mind

By: William Wordsworth

... deeper pleasures (nay, I had not once, Though not unused to mutter lonesome songs, Even with myself divided such delight, Or looked that way for augh... ...des with cheerfulness were filled, RESIDENCE AT CAMBRIDGE 45 Nor indigent of songs warbled from crowds 435 In under coverts, yet the countenance Of th... ... coat Of Jack the Giant killer, Robin Hood, And Sabra in the forest with St. George! 345 The child, whose love is here, at least, doth reap One precio... ...red a narrow chasm. The brook and road Were fellow travellers in this gloomy strait, And with them did we journey several hours 625 At a slow pace. Th... ...es, under splendid domes, Floating in dance, or warbling high in air 125 The songs of spirits! Nor had Fancy fed With less delight upon that other cla...

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Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy

...basket, and stalked across the fields to the house of Mrs Hurst, the aunt — George, the dog walking behind, with a countenance of great concern at the ... ...into various arched shapes and fiendish convulsions at the sight of his dog George. The dog took no notice, for he had arrived at an age at which all s... ... it; — did he poor dear!’ ‘I beg your pardon,’ said Oak to the voice, ‘but George was walking on behind me with a temper as mild as milk.’ Almost befo... ...ce. ‘We ought to feel full o’ thanksgiving that he’s not a player of ba’dy songs instead of these merry tunes; for ’twould have been just as easy for ... ...ey suppressed opinion. Bathsheba turned aside, her eyes full of tears. The strait she was in through pride and shrewishness could not be disguised lon... ...barefaced. You know, too, that I can’t go without putting things in such a strait as you wouldn’t get out of I can’t tell when. Unless, indeed, you’ll... ...xt morning — a time of sun and dew. The confused beginnings of many birds’ songs spread into the healthy air, and the wan blue of the heaven was here ... ...ry to be civil. ‘You wrong me by such a suspicious manner,’ he said. ‘Such strait waistcoating as you treat me to is not becoming in you at so early a...

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The Prelude of 1805 in Thirteen Books

By: William Wordsworth

...y deeper pleasures—nay, I had not once, Though not unused to mutter lonesome songs, 240 Even with myself divided such delight, Or looked that way for ... ...epth— Where, though the shades were filled with chearfulness, Nor indigent of songs warbled from crowds In under coverts, yet the countenance Of the wh... ...at hour, I marvel that a fancy did not flash 50 Upon me, and a strong desire, straitway, At sight of such an emblem that shewed forth So aptly my late ... ...had met A passenger approaching, would he turn To give me timely notice, and straitway, 115 Punctual to such admonishment, I hushed My voice, composed... ... coat Of Jack the Giant killer, Robin Hood, And Sabra in the forest with St. George! The child whose love is here, at least doth reap One precious gai... ...layed, While oaths, indecent speech, and ribaldry Were rife about him as are songs of birds In springtime after showers. The mother, too, Was present,... ... intelligence, Advancing, or retreating on his steps, Through every pervious strait, to right or left, Thridded a way unbaffled, while the flock 115 Fle...

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The Tragedy of Richard the Third

By: William Shakespeare

... 49 Rich. Vpon what cause? 50 Cla. Because my name is George. 51 Rich. Alacke my Lord, that fault is none of yours: 52... ...G, 61 His issue disinherited should be. 62 And for my name of George begins with G, 63 It followes in his thought, that I am he. 6... ...Hastings. 154 He cannot liue I hope, and must not dye, 155 Till George be pack’d with post- horse vp to Heauen. 156 Ile in to vrge his... ...ich. Then be it so, and go we to determine 1418 Who they shall be that strait shall poste to London. 1419 Madam, and you my Sister, will you g... ...mie of great Buckingham. 3311 Rich. Out on ye, Owles, nothing but Songs of Death, 3312 He striketh him. 3313 There, take thou that, ...

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To Build a Fire : And Other Stories

By: Jack London

...seems the main point in life. Weatherbee flatted every third note and sang such songs as “The Boston Burglar” and “The Handsome Cabin Boy,” for hours a... ... in the sand and did not move. And they raised the sails to the sound of their songs, and the An Odyssey of the North 75 ship went away on the wind. ... ...men increased their clamor, war drums booming and voices raised in savage folk songs. But as the sun dipped they ceased their tumult. The rounded hush... ... vista. It was the mighty curve of the Yukon at Tana naw Station, with the St. George Mission on one side, and the trading post on the other, and midw... ...ms of Porportuk. Vain were the attempts to dissuade her. The missionary at St. George wrestled with her, but she replied: — “Only the debts to God are... ...ey gained Guadalcanar, skirted halfway along it, and crossed the Indispensable Straits to Florida Island. It was here that they killed the San Cristov... ...s and a half away, so he stole a canoe one night, hid on the islets in Manning Straits, passed through the Straits, and began working along the easter...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...Middlemarch George Eliot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents... ... petual crape. “And, not poor,” she added, after a moment’s pause. “No, by George! They are as rich as Jews, those Waules and Featherstones; I mean, f... ...entlemen who sing at all well.” “I suppose it is the fashion to sing comic songs in a rhythmic way, leaving you to fancy the tune—very much as if it w... ...re was no need to go back on what you couldn’t see. “My mother is like old George the Third,” said the Vicar, “she objects to meta physics.” “I objec... ...another’s loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven’s despite.” —W. Blake: Songs of Experience F red Vincy wanted to arrive at Stone Court when Mary c... ...tarted up and bounded towards him in an instant: he was evidently in great straits for breath. Jumping on a stool she got close to his elbow and said ... ...us young sprig, that Mr. Ladislaw,” said Mrs. Cadwallader, “with his opera songs and his ready tongue. A sort of Byronic hero—an amorous conspirator, ...

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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

...E SHIPS—LYING UP—ICE—DIFFI CULTY ON . . . . . . 155 BOARD—CHANGE OF COURSE— STRAITS OF MAGELLAN CHAPTER XXXII — ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CA... ... not compare with the sun rise on shore. It wants the accompaniments of the songs of birds, the awakening hum of men, and the glancing of the first... ...n the wide Pacific, in our little boat, that I knew whom we had lost. It was George Ballmer, a young English sailor, who was prized by the officers a... ...s seldom mentioned, or is dismissed with a sailor’s rude eulogy—‘‘Well, poor George is gone! His cruise is up soon! He knew his work, and did his duty... ...ending their Sabbaths badly, and told them that they might go as suddenly as George had, and be as little prepared. Yet a sailor’s life is at bes... ... beautiful Italian boatsongs, all the way, in fine, full chorus. Among the songs I recognized the favorite ‘‘O Pescator dell’ onda.’’ It brought b... ...tage over us, and that was in lightening their labors in the boats by their songs. The Americans are a time and money saving people, but have not ye... ...heir way forward. The steward had heard the captain say something about the straits of Magellan, and the man at the wheel fancied he had heard him t... ...BERGS—TEMPERANCE SHIPS—LYING UP—ICE—DIFFI - CULTY ON BOARD—CHANGE OF COURSE— STRAITS OF MAGELLAN There now began to be a decided change in the ap...

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The Collected Poems

By: William Butler Yeats

...H HIS FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS . . 65 THE LOVER SPEAKS TO THE HEARERS OF HIS SONGS IN COM ING DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... 165 THE SAINT AND THE HUNCHBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 TWO SONGS OF A FOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 ANOTHER... ... PRAYER FOR MY SON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 TWO SONGS FROM A PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 FRAGMENTS... ...ple like his heart. THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE 129 V And then I think of old George Pollexfen, In muscular youth well known to Mayo men For horsemanship... ...made. And after twenty years they laid In that tomb by him and her His son George, the astrologer; And Masons drove from miles away To scatter the Aca... ...ates, And smithy work from the Gort forge, Restored this tower for my wife George; And may these characters remain When all is ruin once again. THE T... ...eed on some foul parasite Of the Moroccan flocks and herds Cross the narrow Straits to light In the rich midnight of the garden trees Till the dawn bre...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

... Eighteen miles from the Point brought us in sight of McCauslin’s, or “Uncle George’s,” as he was familiarly called by my companions, to whom he was w... ... of hard bread, ten pounds of “clear” pork, and a little tea, made up “Uncle George’s” pack. The last three articles were calculated to be provision e... ...lakes; and made the woods ring, between the claps of thunder, with such boat songs as we could remember. The horses stood sleek and shining with the r... ...e first rapid, a slight specimen of the stream we had to navigate. With Uncle George in the stern, and Tom in the bows, each using a spruce pole about ... ... on the water, we rowed by turns swiftly over its surface, singing such boat songs as we could remember. The shores seemed at an indefi nite distance ... ...ed a broad bay opposite the mouth of Moose River, before reaching the narrow strait at Mount Kineo, made what the voyageurs call a tra verse, and fou... ...f another similar party that seem to have spent their time there singing the songs of Zion. I was glad that I did not go to that mountain with such sl... ...ly prolongation of Chamberlain Lake, on our left, we entered through a short strait into a small lake a couple of miles over, called on the map Telasi... ...Indian’s pretence always. We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ’xpect we take in some water there, riv...

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