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But strangely crowning his ebonness was a glistening white plaited turban, the living hair braided and coiled round and round upon his head.
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But strangely crowning this ebonness was a glistening white plaited turban, the living hair braided and coiled round and round upon his head.
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But strangely crowning this ebonness was a glistening white plaited turban, the living hair braided and coiled round and round upon his head.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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But strangely crowning this ebonness was a glistening white plaited turban, the living hair braided and coiled round and round upon his head.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
yarb commented on the word ebonness
But strangely crowning this ebonness was a glistening white plaited turban...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 48
July 25, 2008