Moby Dick Or, The WhaleA classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture. |
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Ahab's aloft beneath Bildad boat boat's bones bows Bulkington cabin called Cape Horn Captain Ahab Cetology chase chief mate coffin creature crew cried Ahab Daggoo dark darted dead deck devil doubloon eyes feet fish fishery Flask flukes forecastle Greenland gunwale hand harpoon head heard heart hoisted instant iron ivory Jonah lance Leviathan living look mast mast-head mate Moby Dick Nantucket Narwhale never night oars ocean once Parsee Peleg Pequod poor Queequeg Right Whale rolled round sail sailors savage seemed seen sharks ship ship's shipmates side sight sleep soon sort soul Sperm Whale spermaceti spout stand Starbuck Steelkilt stern stood strange Stubb swimming tail Tashtego tell thee there's thing thou thought turned vessel voyage whale-ship whalemen White Whale wild wind