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Literally Friday word blog
Back in the day when “bloody” was quite a serious swear-word here in the UK – and those days did exist, my child – impish schoolchildren would follow it with an innocent “but I’m only quoting Shakespeare, sir!” Well, I … Continue reading
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Ishmael: though knowledge be little, yet of books there are a plenty.
Previously on Moby Dick (as they say): Ahab fights the whale, and the whale wins – Moby is wounded, but Ahab loses his leg. He swears vengeance (why?) and chases the whale over half the world, eventually finding him (or … Continue reading
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Melville, thou reasonest well.
In chapter two of Moby Dick, Ishmael stands before the Spouter Inn for the first time: It was a queer sort of place—a gable-ended old house, one side palsied as it were, and leaning over sadly. It stood on a … Continue reading
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