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No references found	Besides, this idea of Jonah's weathering the Cape of Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make modern history a liar. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context His love for my mother had never diminished, and his own ambition in life was to reach a point where he might wrest the metal from Tal Hajus himself, and thus, as ruler of the Tharks, be free to claim her as his own, as well as, by the might of his power, protect the child which otherwise would be quickly dispatched should the truth become known. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	Wray, Fay Wray, John wrb wreath wreath piece wreathed column wreathed stair wreathed string wreck wrecker Wrecking wrecking ball wrecking bar wrecking strip Wrede, Ferdinand Wrede, Karl Philipp von Wrekin Wren Wren, Christopher Wren, Jenny Wren, Sir Christopher Wrench wrench fault wrench-head bolt wrentit wrest Wrestling Wrexham Wright Wright Brothers Wright Brothers Day Wright Brothers National Memorial Wright County Wright system Wright telescope Wright's inbreeding coefficient Wright's phenomenon Wright, Arthur Frederick Wright, Benjamin Wright, Carroll Davidson Wright, Charles A. Wright, Chauncey Wright, Elizur Wright, Frances Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Wright, Harold Bell Wright, Harry Wright, Henry Wright, James Wright, Jim	wrenching wrenching wrenching wrenchingly wrenchingly wrenchingly wrenchingly Wrenn Railways Collectors Club Wrens Wrens Wrens Wrens Day Wrens Nest Primary School Wrens Nest Primary School Wrentham Cable Access Corporation Wrentit Wrentit wrentits Wrentnall Wrentnall Wrentnall WREO WREP WREQC WRERA WRERCE WRERU WRES WRESP WRESSAA wrest wrest away from wrest block wrest blocks wrest from wrest from wrest off wrest pin wrest pins Wrest plank wrest planks wrest property from wrested wrested wrested wrested wrester wrester wrester wrester wresting wresting wresting wresting wresting money by force wrestle wrestle wrestle wrestle from wrestle into Wrestle The World

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Besides, this idea of Jonah's weathering the Cape of Good Hope at so early a day would wrest the honor of the discovery of that great headland from Bartholomew Diaz, its reputed discoverer, and so make modern history a liar.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

His love for my mother had never diminished, and his own ambition in life was to reach a point where he might wrest the metal from Tal Hajus himself, and thus, as ruler of the Tharks, be free to claim her as his own, as well as, by the might of his power, protect the child which otherwise would be quickly dispatched should the truth become known.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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