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  • So that though Moby Dick had in a former year been seen, for example, on what is called the Seychelle ground in the Indian ocean, or Volcano Bay on the Japanese Coast; yet it did not follow that were the Pequod to visit either of those spots at any subsequent corresponding season, she would infallibly encounter him there.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • So that though Moby Dick had in a former year been seen, for example, on what is called the Seychelle ground in the Indian ocean, or Volcano Bay on the Japanese Coast; yet it did not follow that were the Pequod to visit either of those spots at any subsequent corresponding season, she would infallibly encounter him there.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • So that though Moby Dick had in a former year been seen, for example, on what is called the Seychelle ground in the Indian ocean, or Volcano Bay on the Japanese Coast; yet it did not follow, that were the pequod to visit either of those spots at any subsequent corresponding season, she would infallibly encounter him there.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • It happens that the antiquities collector is also seeking Jason's Golden Fleece for an avaricious gold-digger named Sand Saref (played by the fetching Seychelle Gabrielle in flashback and by the vampier Eva Mendes in the present), who also happens to be the Spirit's teen heartthrob.

    Movie Review: The Spirit 2009

  • It happens that the antiquities collector is also seeking Jason's Golden Fleece for an avaricious gold-digger named Sand Saref (played by the fetching Seychelle Gabrielle in flashback and by the vampier Eva Mendes in the present), who also happens to be the Spirit's teen heartthrob.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • OK, so you won't find the solitude and quiet you would in, say, the remote Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean.

    America's Best Urban Fishing Spots 2009

  • OK, so you won't find the solitude and quiet you would in, say, the remote Seychelle Islands in the Indian Ocean.

    America's Best Urban Fishing Spots 2009

  • M. also brought a bag of figs and a large jar of Seychelle fig chutney, which I tasted and was somewhat surprised to discover it was closer to fig jam than chutney.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • M. also brought a bag of figs and a large jar of Seychelle fig chutney, which I tasted and was somewhat surprised to discover it was closer to fig jam than chutney.

    At My Table 2006

  • She was one of four tortoises brought to India by British sailors from the Seychelle islands as a gift for Lord Robert Clive of the East India Company.

    The Speculist: March 2006 Archives 2006

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