1 And so the appellation must at last have come to be bestowed upon the whale from which this spermaceti was really derived.
2 It is called slobgollion; an appellation original with the whalemen, and even so is the nature of the substance.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand. 3 "Le Renard Subtil does not eat," he said, using the appellation he had found most flattering to the vanity of the Indian.
4 Each warrior sprang upon his feet at the utterance of the well-known appellation, and there was a short period during which the stoical constancy of the natives was completely conquered by surprise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24 5 The Delaware, whose name in English signified "Hard Heart," an appellation that the French had translated into "le Coeur-dur," forgot that obduracy of purpose, which had probably obtained him so significant a title.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 6 The eyes of all present, which had hitherto been gravely scanning the person of Duncan, were now turned, on the instant, toward the upright iron frame of this new pretender to the distinguished appellation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 29 7 Moreover, this appellation pleased him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME 8 Let us explain whence this appellation was derived.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU 9 The charming Madame de Leon, in memory, no doubt, of the Duchesses de Longueville and de Chevreuse, preferred this appellation to her title of Princesse.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT 10 This appellation, Patron-Minette, was probably derived from the hour at which their work ended, the dawn being the vanishing moment for phantoms and for the separation of ruffians.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE 11 The Lark was the appellation which had replaced Ursule in the depths of Marius' melancholy.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW 12 I reached the age of twenty-nine without loving, for none of the feelings I before then experienced merit the appellation of love.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise. 13 In talking, they forget the common appellation of things, and the names of persons, even of those who are their nearest friends and relations.
14 Under the appellation of Roger Chillingworth, the reader will remember, was hidden another name, which its former wearer had resolved should never more be spoken.
15 The appellation was not flattering, but not unmerited.