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Seizing the boat-knife, he critically reached within — through — and then, without — the rays of steel; dragged in the line beyond, passed it, inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice sundering the rope near the chocks — dropped the intercepted fagot of steel into the sea; and was all fast again.
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He clutched it in an instant, seized the boat-knife, and impaling the letter on it, sent it thus loaded back into the ship.
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Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line, and turning towards Stubb, exclaimed interrogatively, “Cut?”
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No boat-knife was lifted when he fell so rapidly astern.
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Seizing the boat-knife, he critically reached within -- through -- and then, without -- the rays of steel; dragged in the line beyond, passed it inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice sundering the rope near the chocks -- dropped the intercepted fagot of steel into the sea; and was all fast again.
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line, and turning towards Stubb, exclaimed interrogatively, "Cut?"
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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No boat-knife was lifted when he fell so rapidly astern.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line, and turning towards Stubb, exclaimed interrogatively, "Cut?"
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Seizing the boat-knife, he critically reached within -- through -- and then, without -- the rays of steel; dragged in the line beyond, passed it, inboard, to the bowsman, and then, twice sundering the rope near the chocks -- dropped the intercepted fagot of steel into the sea; and was all fast again.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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He clutched it in an instant, seized the boat-knife, and impaling the letter on it, sent it thus loaded back into the ship.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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