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Authors names: Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 (3)

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Synonyms: Ahab; captain; chieftain; headwaiter; maitre d'; maitre d'hotel; master; police captain; police chief; sea captain; senior pilot; skipper

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  1.  Moby Dick; Or The Whale / Melville, Herman
    ." CAPTAIN COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE, A.D. 1729. * * * * * "and the breath of the whale is frequendy ... she blows," was sung out from the mast-head. "Where away?" demanded the captain. "Three points  details...
  2.  Moby Dick, or, the whale / Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
    , as I may say, by a hundred to one; than we have to the northward of us." --CAPTAIN COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND ... the captain. "Three points off the lee bow, sir." "Raise up your wheel. Steady!" "Steady, sir." "Mast  details...
  3.  Moby Dick: or, the White Whale / Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
    I am something of a salt, do I ever go to sea as a Commodore, or a Captain, or a Cook. I abandon the glory ... of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks? What does that indignity amount to  details...
  4.  Four-Day Planet / Piper, H. Beam, 1904-1964
    over and greeted us solemnly. "Good afternoon, gentlemen. Captain Ahab, I believe," he said, bowing to Tom ... _--he wouldn't have looked baffled if Bish Ware called him Captain Ahab--and while his family name is Old Terran Japanese  details...
  5.  Typee / Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
    , while the whimsical character, Dr. Long Ghost, next to Captain Ahab in 'Moby Dick,' is Melville's most striking ... on board the Acushnet. In the present volume he confines himself to a general account of the captain's bad  details...