 Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment, his words, his only ones, words wholly unobstructed in the utterance, were these: "God bless Captain Vere!  Herman Melville - Page 134by John Freeman - 1926 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 2006 - 322 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...— a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honor; syllables too delivered in the clear melody of a singing bird on the... | |
 | James Boyd White - Law - 1985 - 328 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's-mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...Syllables so unanticipated coming from one with the ignominous hemp about his neck — a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1986 - 420 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...coming from one with the ignominious hemp about his neck-a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honor; syllables too delivered... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1992 - 129 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...— a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honor; syllables too delivered in the clear melody of a singing bird on the... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1998 - 468 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...— a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honor; syllables too delivered in the clear melody of a singing bird on the... | |
 | Elizabeth Barnes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 176 pages
...protect. Only Billy has the power to quell a possible rebellion. And this he does with his final words: Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...from one with the ignominious hemp about his neck . . . had a phenomenal effect. . . . Without volition, as it were, as if indeed the ship's populace... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1997 - 522 pages
...bemg speedily brought to an end by two hoatswam's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facmg aft. At the penultimate moment, his words, his only ones, words wholly unobstrncted m the utterance, were these; "God bless Capram Vere!" Syllables so unanticipated commg... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 1998 - 316 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's-mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...- a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honour; syllables which, delivered in the clear melody of a singing-bird on... | |
 | Susan L. Mizruchi - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 496 pages
...responsible for the critical controversy they have aroused. Billy's blessing of Captain Vere is, first, "so unanticipated coming from one with the ignominious hemp about his neck." Next, it is termed "a conventional felon's benediction directed aft towards the quarters of honor."... | |
 | Herman Melville - Fiction - 2004 - 516 pages
...to the latter being speedily brought to an end by two boatswain's mates, the consummation impended. Billy stood facing aft. At the penultimate moment,...wholly unobstructed in the utterance, were these: "Cod bless Captain Vere!" Syllables so unanticipated coming from one with the ignominious hemp about... | |
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