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Moby Dick; Or, The Whale - Melville, Herman ยท 59 words
But there was more than this. the order about the shovel was almost as plainly meant to sting and insult Steelkilt, as though Radney had spat in his face. Any man who has gone sailor in a whale ship will understand this; and all this and doubtless much more, the Lakeman fully comprehended when the mate uttered his command.
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