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Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale

By Herman Melville

CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning. from Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale. “Um, um, um. Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum. Um, um,

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CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning. The main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it. “Um, um, um. Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum. Um, um, um!”

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