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With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.
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With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea - chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.
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The silly whimsiness of present-day children’s books could perhaps be partly traced back to him.
Collected Essays 1900
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