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... head matter , " is usually worth three gallons of whale oil . The most obvious points of difference in the two kinds is the head : That of the Sperma- ceti being nearly half of the whole animal in bulk , and is armed with teeth ...
... head matter , " is usually worth three gallons of whale oil . The most obvious points of difference in the two kinds is the head : That of the Sperma- ceti being nearly half of the whole animal in bulk , and is armed with teeth ...
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... head to wind , the wither of the harpoon upset , or twisted aside , and the instrument was disengaged from its grasp . The whale im- mediately set off to windward with increased speed , and it required an interval of three hours before ...
... head to wind , the wither of the harpoon upset , or twisted aside , and the instrument was disengaged from its grasp . The whale im- mediately set off to windward with increased speed , and it required an interval of three hours before ...
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... head that it cannot see forward , ) the whaler , nine times in ten , in good weather , succeeds in striking the fish . The harpoon is commonly thrown , or when two are fastened to one line , in quick succession , at a dis- tance of from ...
... head that it cannot see forward , ) the whaler , nine times in ten , in good weather , succeeds in striking the fish . The harpoon is commonly thrown , or when two are fastened to one line , in quick succession , at a dis- tance of from ...
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... heads the boat " wields the lance . Of course , the difficulty in killing a whale is in proportion to the disposition and power of the animal - more frequently of the former than of the latter . The capture sel- dom requires more than ...
... heads the boat " wields the lance . Of course , the difficulty in killing a whale is in proportion to the disposition and power of the animal - more frequently of the former than of the latter . The capture sel- dom requires more than ...
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... head of the main - mast . It is then cut and lowered between decks , and a fresh piece fasten- ed to the purchase . In this manner the whale is stript of its blubber , and the carcase is sent adrift . The operation of tearing the bone ...
... head of the main - mast . It is then cut and lowered between decks , and a fresh piece fasten- ed to the purchase . In this manner the whale is stript of its blubber , and the carcase is sent adrift . The operation of tearing the bone ...
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American Andromana appears arms army artillery attack balance of trade battle beauty Bladensburgh boat body Bosala British called cause character circumstances Colonel command corps doge doge of Venice Duchess Duchess of Malfy Edinburgh Review effect enemy enemy's England English favour feelings fire fish force genius give Greenland harpoon heart honour hope human interest labour lady land less letter Lord Byron Marlborough means ment militia mind mode Monroe moral nature neral never New-York object observed opinion persons poem poet poetical poetry Pope principles produced racter Ralegh reader rear reason regiment remarks says scene schools Secretary of War ship Sir Walter Ralegh Spermaceti spirit Tell thee thing thou thought timber tion troops truth vessels Wendoll whale whole Winder wood
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Seite 98 - tis haunted, holy ground ; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon...
Seite 483 - That light we see is burning in my hall ; how far that little candle throws its beams, so shines a good deed in a naughty world...
Seite 98 - And yet how lovely in thine age of woe, Land of lost gods and godlike men, art thou ! Thy vales of evergreen, thy hills of snow, Proclaim thee Nature's varied favourite now ; Thy fanes, thy temples to thy surface bow, Commingling slowly with heroic earth, Broke by the share of every rustic plough : So perish monuments of mortal birth, So perish all in turn, save well-recorded Worth ; LXXXVI.
Seite 28 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Seite 59 - And therefore, except thou desire to hasten thine end, take this for a general rule, that thou never add any artificial heat to thy body by wine or spice, until thou find that time hath decayed thy natural heat, and the sooner thou beginnest to help nature, the sooner she will forsake thee, and trust altogether to art...
Seite 414 - English compositions (at least for the last three years of our school education) he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor or image unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp and lyre, muse, muses and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus and Hippocrene were all an abomination to him.
Seite 57 - My heart was never broken till this day, that I hear the queen goes away so far off, whom I have followed so many years with so great love and desire in so many journeys, and am now left behind her in a dark prison all alone. While she was yet...
Seite 191 - For a very small expense the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education.
Seite 94 - The truth is, that in these days the grand "primum mobile" of England is cant; cant political, cant poetical, cant religious, cant moral; but always cant, multiplied through all the varieties of life.
Seite 50 - I know not Which is best, to see you dead, or part with you. — Farewell, boy: Thou art happy that thou hast not understanding To know thy misery; for all our wit And reading brings us to a truer sense Of sorrow.