10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIMSINESS»
Discover the use of
whimsiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
whimsiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into
it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent,
in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
Jan Fields, Herman Melville, 2010
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In a Wayward Mood: Selected Writings 1969-2002
After having murmured a word of approval, Queequeg had been replaced in his
hammock, at which point he had suddenly conva— lesced and, in narrator's
Ishmael's account, with a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea—
chest; ...
3
Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into
it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent,
in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
4
Moby-Dick, Or the Whale (Middleton Classics):
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into
it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent,
in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
5
The United Service Magazine
To the joyful surprise of the crew, their skilful harpooner recovered from his
sickness, and “ with a wild whimsiness he used his coflin for a sea-chest, and
emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.” Now strange
to say ...
6
Green about Green: A Civilian in Military Life
The whimsiness with which they do that is inherent to behaviour aimed at
exercising power. Although the Beninese people are no strangers to things
human, this is what is called a really serious clash between the different views of
...
7
Harvesting Darkness: Essays on Literature, Myth, Film and ...
For these essays, full of whimsiness and quirkiness, nevertheless, in their
identification with what they describe, express not a personality, but a
personhood. They become not exactly masks, but rather mimes, various actings-
out, soundings of ...
8
Chasing the White Whale: The Moby-Dick Marathon; Or, What ...
“many spare hours he spent,” and indeed, not unlike Melville at his writing desk
composing Moby-Dick, “he was striving” “with a wild whimsiness” at his
outlandish inscriptions, racing against decay, defeating death for the time being,
and ...
9
Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a seachest; and emptying into
it his canvas bag of clothes, set them inorder there. Many sparehours he spent,in
carvingthelid withall manner of grotesque figuresanddrawings; and itseemed ...
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20 Classic Novels (Illustrated) Part-4:
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into
it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent,
in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIMSINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
whimsiness is used in the context of the following news items.
The Swindle PC review
Cyber-steampunk London is a bizarro city filled with wonderful retro-future contraptions and rustbucket robots and there's a jaunty whimsiness that seeps into ... «PCGamesN, Jul 15»
A very British business
Be not deceived: for all their whimsiness, these are some of the world's most ruthless businesses. Britain's elite private schools are service-industry superpowers ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
Technology of the Year 2014: The best hardware, software, and …
The rest of the list is composed of ideas, notions, and whimsies delivered through the Internet. Some might take issue with the whimsiness of Apple's iOS 7. «InfoWorld, Jan 14»
Ahoy! 'Moby Dick, or, The Card Game'
... to the card game.” And now they're considering adding “wooden oil tokens.” The game should be available in September for $30. “A wild whimsiness” for sure. «Washington Post, May 13»
