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Hitherto I have set forth the nature of man, whose pride and other passions have compelled him to submit himself to government; together with the great power of his governor, whom I compared to LEVIATHAN, taking that comparison out of the two last verses of the one-and-fortieth of Job; where God, having set forth the great power of Leviathan, calleth him king of the proud.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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In Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick the term Leviathan refers to great whales.
An Airborne Leviathan? Alpha Auer 2008
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In Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick the term Leviathan refers to great whales.
Archive 2008-12-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008
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As in "Leviathan," his highly praised book on U.S. whaling, he restores what most of us regard as an American institution to its rightful place on the international stage.
Review of "Fur, Fortune, and Empire," by Eric Jay Dolin Kirk Davis Swinehart 2010
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As in "Leviathan," his highly praised book on U.S. whaling, he restores what most of us regard as an American institution to its rightful place on the international stage.
Review of "Fur, Fortune, and Empire," by Eric Jay Dolin Kirk Davis Swinehart 2010
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Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.
Leviathan: Summary and book reviews of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. 2009
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You did a tremendous amount of drawing in Leviathan, how long did it take you and did it take over all of your working time?
The art of Leviathan, Part Two: An interview with Keith Thompson 2010
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As long as The Federal Leviathan is serving the interests of corporate patronage and not the member States and their citizens, we're on the path to repeating the nastiest parts of our histtory.
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Houston-based Noble owns a 40% share in Leviathan and a 36% share in Tamar.
Israel Drills Big Gas Prospect Charles Levinson 2010
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Scott Westerfeld, author of the popular Uglies series for young adults, tries his hand at steampunk in Leviathan, an imaginative alternate-reality story featuring two teenagers who must cope with personal loss and isolation, and who learn the meaning of friendship in a time of war.
Leviathan: Summary and book reviews of Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. 2009
qroqqa commented on the word Leviathan
Newly-named extinct genus of whales, created for a 12 million year old fossil resembling a sperm whale with large teeth, Leviathan melvillei.
—BBc science news, 1 July 2010
July 1, 2010
mollusque commented on the word Leviathan
Unfortunately, the name is preoccupied; Leviathan was used as a genus name by Koch in 1841, for what what proved to be a fossil mastodon.
July 4, 2010