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1  "He pays reg'lar," was the rejoinder.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
2  On the contrary, passengers themselves must pay.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
3  For some reason, the Jungfrau seemed quite eager to pay her respects.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
4  And there is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
5  The act of paying is perhaps the most uncomfortable infliction that the two orchard thieves entailed upon us.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
6  Nail down the lid; caulk the seams; pay over the same with pitch; batten them down tight, and hang it with the snap-spring over the ship's stern.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
7  In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
8  Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
9  Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
10  I pay this particular compliment to Queequeg, because he treated me with so much civility and consideration, while I was guilty of great rudeness; staring at him from the bed, and watching all his toilette motions; for the time my curiosity getting the better of my breeding.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.