...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: ... ...Omoo Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventu... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This... ... Classics Series Publication Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...WAS the middle of a bright tropical afternoon that we made good our escape from the bay. The vessel we sought lay with her main-topsail aback about a ... ...e bay. The vessel we sought lay with her main-topsail aback about a league from the land, and was the only object that broke the broad expanse of the ... ...ence gathered, however, I learned to my surprise that, in some things, the people of Hivarhoo, though of the same group of islands, differed considera... ...slands, where we were going to refit, abounding with delicious fruits, and peopled by a race almost wholly unsophisticated by in- tercourse with stran... ...nd it’s shipping yer after, my jewels, is it?” cried a curly- pated little Belfast sailor, coming up to us, “thin arrah! my livelies, jist be after sa...

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...MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby D... ...MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE by Herman Melville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. Th... ... Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Port... ...s not true.” —Hackluyt “Whale. ... Sw. and Dan. Hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. Hvalt is arched or vaulted.” —W ebst... ...ed or vaulted.” —W ebster’ s Dictionary “Whale. ... It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. wallen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richard... ...— Montgomery’ s World before the Flood. “Io! Paean! Io! sing. To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knock- ing people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I c... ...a whiff). A row a’low, and a row aloft— Gods and men—both brawlers! Humph! Belfast sailor. A row! arrah a row! The Virgin be blessed, a row! Plunge in...

Excerpt: Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville.

...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscr... ...not true.” Hackluyt. “WHALE. * * * Sw. and Dan. hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. hvalt is arched or vaulted.” Webster... ...ed or vaulted.” Webster’s Dictionary. “WHALE. * * * It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. Wallen; A.S. Walw ian, to roll, to wallow.” Richards... ...ked fangs.” Montgomery’s Pelican Island. “Io! Paean! Io! sing, To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...t me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I... ...hiff.) A row a’low, and a row aloft — Gods and men — both brawlers! Humph! Belfast sailor. A row! arrah a row! The Virgin be blessed, a row! Plunge in...