1 From that hour I clove to Queequeg like a barnacle; yea, till poor Queequeg took his last long dive.
2 Now then, thought I, unconsciously rolling up the sleeves of my frock, here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost.
3 And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces.
4 But in my time a little Eyetalian tried the high dive, and it turned out different with him.
5 After supper I used to catch up my cap, stick my hands in my pockets, and dive through the willow hedge as if witches were after me.
6 Then I made a dive for the open window, struck the wire screen, knocked it out, and tumbled after it into the yard.
7 Sam, with frantic ejaculations, made a dive at the reins, but only succeeded in brushing the blazing palm-leaf afore-named into the horse's eyes, which by no means tended to allay the confusion of his nerves.
8 The black-hole of that ship warn't a strong one, to a judge of black-holes that could swim and dive.
9 I began the next day with another dive into the Roman bath, and then started for Highgate.
10 Examine the past and the present, and endeavor to dive into futurity, and then say whether I am not a divine instrument.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 112. The Departure. 11 He bent his head a little towards me, and with a single hasty glance seemed to dive into my eyes.
12 The thoughts circled and swooped above her, dived down and drove tearing claws and sharp beaks into her mind.
13 On, on we flew; and our offing gained, the Moss did homage to the blast; ducked and dived her bows as a slave before the Sultan.
14 Shooting himself perpendicularly from the water, Queequeg, now took an instant's glance around him, and seeming to see just how matters were, dived down and disappeared.
15 Of all divers, thou hast dived the deepest.