Herman Melville in: Michael J. Davey Herman Melville's Moby-Dick: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook, Routledge, 19 November 2013, p. 163.
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Their tawny features, all begrimed with smoke and sweat, their matted beards, and the contrasting barbaric brilliancy of their teeth, all these were strangely revealed in the capricious emblazonings of the works.
— Herman Melville on Capricious
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About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
About Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1 August 1819 – 28 September 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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