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Moby Dick

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Moby Dick
pursued by Ahab and crew of Pequod. [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick]
See : Quarry

Moby Dick
white whale pursued relentlessly by Captain Ahab; “It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.” [Am. Lit.: Moby Dick]
See : Whiteness

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men, it is Moby Dick ye have seen --Moby Dick-- Moby Dick
But when, some year or two afterwards, Moby Dick was fairly sighted from the mast-heads, Macey, the chief mate, burned with ardor to encounter him; and the captain himself being not unwilling to let him have the opportunity, despite all the archangel's denunciations and forewarnings, Macey succeeded in persuading five men to man his boat.
 
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