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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXX · The Pipe

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When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.
Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.
In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.
How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?
For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter XXX · The Pipe

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Reading 1/4 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.
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Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.
Line 3
In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.
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How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?
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For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.”

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a

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

Ahab

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

also

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

and

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

as

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

at

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

been

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

below

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

bethinking

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

binnacle

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

bones

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

bulwarks

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

calling

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

could

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

Danish

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

deck

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

departed

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

fabricated

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

for

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

great

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

had

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

he

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

him

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

his

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

How

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

In

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

it

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

ivory

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

Khan

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

king

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

kings

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

lamp

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

late

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

leaning

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

Leviathans

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

Lighting

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

look

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

lord

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

narwhale

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

Norse

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

of

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

old

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

on

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

one

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

over

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

pipe

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

plank

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

planting

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

royalty

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

sailor

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

saith

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

sat

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

sea

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

sea-loving

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

seated

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

sent

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

side

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

smoked

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

stool

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

Stubb

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

symbolized

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

that

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

the

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

then

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

thrones

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

times

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

tradition

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

tripod

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?

tusks

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

usual

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

was

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From this reading For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea, and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.

watch

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

weather

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From this reading Lighting the pipe at the binnacle lamp and planting the stool on the weather side of the deck, he sat and smoked.

were

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From this reading In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale.

When

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

while

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

with

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From this reading When Stubb had departed, Ahab stood for a while leaning over the bulwarks; and then, as had been usual with him of late, calling a sailor of the watch, he sent him below for his ivory stool, and also his pipe.

without

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From this reading How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?