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

Chapter CXXII · Midnight Aloft—Thunder And Lightning

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Moby-Dick, Chapter 122: Midnight Aloft—Thunder And Lightning — chapter-context illustration for reading 1
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The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.
Um, um, um.
Stop that thunder!
Plenty too much thunder up here.
What’s the use of thunder?
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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Chapter CXXII · Midnight Aloft—Thunder And Lightning

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Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.
Line 2
Um, um, um.
Line 3
Stop that thunder!
Line 4
Plenty too much thunder up here.
Line 5
What’s the use of thunder?
All words in this reading · 21

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around

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

here

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From this reading Plenty too much thunder up here.

it

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

lashings

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

Main-top-sail

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

much

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From this reading Plenty too much thunder up here.

new

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

of

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From this reading What’s the use of thunder?

passing

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

Plenty

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From this reading Plenty too much thunder up here.

Stop

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From this reading Stop that thunder!

Tashtego

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

that

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From this reading Stop that thunder!

The

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.

thunder

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From this reading Stop that thunder!

too

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Um

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From this reading “Um, um, um.

up

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use

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What's

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yard

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From this reading The Main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.