Thou art as a lion of the waters and as a dragon of the sea.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Quoting from Ezekiel 32:2.

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Topic

Whales

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 82.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 82.

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Give me a wildness whose glance no civilization can endure.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Topic
Civilization and nature Wilderness
Speaker
Henry David Thoreau
Source
Walking (Thoreau)
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1851 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.