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Moby Dick

By Herman Melville

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Moby Dick

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;...Call me Ishmael. Some years ago never mind how long precisely having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an up-per hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent 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 can. This is my substi-tute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, al-most all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me...;
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
861
Publication Date:
2017-06-14
Publisher:
Gece Kitaplığı Yayınları
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
6051808361
Weight:
590 g
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