I was a good Christian ; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolator in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship ? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael that the magnanimous... Moby Dick - Page 54de Herman Melville - 1892 - 545 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| herman melville - 1922 - 742 pages
...them stay. He then went about his evening prayers, took out his idol, and removed the paper firebrand. By certain signs and symptoms, I thought he seemed...Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolater in worshipping his piece of wood ? But what is worship ? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael,... | |
| David Herbert Lawrence - 1923 - 282 pages
...arms. The friendship is finally sealed when Ishmael offers sacrifice to Queequeg's little idol, Gogo. "I was a good Christian, born and bred in the bosom...infallible Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with the idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship?— to do the will of God — that... | |
| David Herbert Lawrence - 1923 - 288 pages
...arms. The friendship is finally sealed when Ishmael offers sacrifice to Queequeg's little idol, Gogo. "I was a good Christian, born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church. Howthen could I unite with the idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? —... | |
| Herman Melville - 1983 - 1470 pages
...them stay. He then went about his evening prayers, took out his idol, and removed the paper fireboard. By certain signs and symptoms, I thought he seemed...Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael,... | |
| Charles Mabee - 1985 - 182 pages
...statement, which follows directly, explains the inner meaning of the second aspect of Mapple's sermon. I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom...Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael,... | |
| Herman Melville, G. Thomas Tanselle - 1988 - 1072 pages
...savage those old rules would not apply. prayers, took out his idol, and removed the paper fireboard. By certain signs and symptoms, I thought he seemed...Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael,... | |
| Christine Brooke-Rose - 1992 - 204 pages
...spinning that yarn to me. There must be someone telling the yarn if you don't do so yourself. I'ma good Christian born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church and I tell thee, how can you be united in an impossible category? And what's this, Santeuil, writ down... | |
| Hershel Parker - 2005 - 1010 pages
...ecumenical fashion in chapter io of Moby-Dick, where Ishmael justifies his worshiping Queequeg's god: "I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom...Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael,... | |
| David Herbert Lawrence - 1998 - 404 pages
...arms. The friendship is finally sealed when Ishmael offers sacrifice to Queequeg's little idol, Gogo. I was a good Christian, born and bred in the bosom...infallible Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with the idolater in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? — to do the will of God — that... | |
| Franz Baermann Steiner - 1999 - 308 pages
...penultimate paragraph of Chapter X, A Bosom Friend'. The marked passage contains the following rumination: I was a good Christian: born and bred in the bosom...his piece of wood? But what is worship? Thought I... And what is the will of God? Now. Queequeg is my fellow man. And what do I wish that this Queequeg... | |
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