Avant-propos
Queequeg and I were mildly employed in weaving what is called a sword-mat, for additional lashing to our boat[…]I was the attendant or page of Queequeg, while busy at the mat. As I kept passing and repassing the filling or woof of marline between the long yarns of the warp, using my own hand for th...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/polysemes, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Français |
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Polysèmes
2017
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Queequeg and I were mildly employed in weaving what is called a sword-mat, for additional lashing to our boat[…]I was the attendant or page of Queequeg, while busy at the mat. As I kept passing and repassing the filling or woof of marline between the long yarns of the warp, using my own hand for the shuttle, and as Queequeg, standing sideways, ever and anon slid his heavy oaken sword between the threads, and idly looking off upon the water, carelessly and unthinkingly drove home every yarn: ... |
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