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1  "Very dim, very dim," said Elijah.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
2  But Elijah passed on, without seeming to notice us.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
3  Elijah," said I, "you will oblige my friend and me by withdrawing.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
4  "No, no, no; I wasn't aware of that," said Elijah, slowly and wonderingly looking from me to Queequeg, with the most unaccountable glances.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
5  This was strangely heightened at times by the ragged Elijah's diabolical incoherences uninvitedly recurring to me, with a subtle energy I could not have before conceived of.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
6  But we had not gone perhaps above a hundred yards, when chancing to turn a corner, and looking back as I did so, who should be seen but Elijah following us, though at a distance.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
7  I was resolved to satisfy myself whether this ragged Elijah was really dogging us or not, and with that intent crossed the way with Queequeg, and on that side of it retraced our steps.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
8  For me, I silently recalled the mysterious shadows I had seen creeping on board the Pequod during the dim Nantucket dawn, as well as the enigmatical hintings of the unaccountable Elijah.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
9  But it seemed that, when on the wharf, Queequeg had not at all noticed what I now alluded to; hence I would have thought myself to have been optically deceived in that matter, were it not for Elijah's otherwise inexplicable question.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.