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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1849], Mardi and a voyage thither, volume 2 (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf275v2]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
“Gogle-goggle, fugle-fi, fugle-fogle-orum,” so hummed “Is he crazy again?” whispered Yoomy. “Are you crazy, Babbalanja?” asked Media. “From my very birth have I been so, my lord; am I “Then I'll e'en interrogate him,” cried Media.—Hark “'Tis he, not I. I am the mildest devil that ever entered “A very sing-song devil this. But, prithee, who are “The mildest devil that ever entered man; in propria “A very iterating devil this. Sirrah! mock me not. “Many things I know, not good to tell; whence they “A very confidential devil, this; that tells no secrets. “Only with this mortal's ghost:—together we came in, “A very terse, and ready devil, this. Whence come
“Whither my catechist must go—a torrid clime, cut by “A very keen, and witty devil, this. Azzageddi, whom “A right down merry, jolly set, that at a roaring furnace “A very funny devil, this. Azzageddi, is not Mardi a “Ah, home! sweet, sweet, home! would, would that I “A very sentimental devil, this. Azzageddi, would you “Not so with us; who, rear to rear, shake each other's “The very prince of devils, this.” “How mad our Babbalanja is,” cried Mohi. My lord, “Alas! alas!” sighed Yoomy. “Hark ye, Babbalanja,” cried Media, “enough of this: “My lord, I can not doff him; but I'll down him for a “Shall I test his sanity, my lord?” cried Mohi. “Do, old man.” “Philosopher, our great reef is surrounded by an ocean; “Alas!” sighed Yoomy, “the very subject to renew his “Peace, minstrel!” said Media. “Answer, Babbalanja.” “I will, my lord. Fear not, sweet Yoomy; you see
“This seems not like sanity,” muttered Mohi. “A most crazy hypothesis, truly,” said Media. “And are all inductions vain?” cried Babbalanja. “Have “His devil's uppermost again, my lord,” cried BraidBeard. “He's stark, stark mad!” sighed Yoomy. “Ay, the moon's at full,” said Media. “Ho, paddlers!
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 [1849], Mardi and a voyage thither, volume 2 (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf275v2]. |