1 To her, all women, including her two sisters, were natural enemies in pursuit of the same prey--man.
2 If such a warning had ever been needful, the years had taught her a salutary lesson, and she flattered herself that she now knew how to adapt her pace to the object of pursuit.
3 All four boats were now in keen pursuit of that one spot of troubled water and air.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering. 4 For not only would they meet with all the sympathies of sailors, but likewise with all the peculiar congenialities arising from a common pursuit and mutually shared privations and perils.
5 Tall spouts were seen to leeward; and two boats, Stubb's and Flask's, were detached in pursuit.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ... 6 As if too long lurking behind the headlands, till the Pequod should fairly have entered the straits, these rascally Asiatics were now in hot pursuit, to make up for their over-cautious delay.
7 Further pursuit was useless; but the boats still lingered in their wake to pick up what drugged whales might be dropped astern, and likewise to secure one which Flask had killed and waifed.
8 Here be it said, that this pertinacious pursuit of one particular whale, continued through day into night, and through night into day, is a thing by no means unprecedented in the South sea fishery.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day. 9 Partial relatives have almost persuaded me that I am not entirely worthless in a duet myself; and we may enliven our wayfaring by indulging in our favorite pursuit.
10 At the next instant the form of Chingachgook appeared from the bushes, looking like a specter in its paint, and glided across the path in swift pursuit.
11 Before he had, however, proceeded a hundred yards, he met the three foresters already returning from their unsuccessful pursuit.
12 When the party reached the point where the horses had entered the thicket which surrounded the blockhouse, they were evidently at fault, having lost those marks which, until that moment, had directed their pursuit.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13 13 After which, by the rustling of leaves, and crackling of dried twigs, it was apparent the savages were separating in pursuit of the lost trail.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13 14 Men, hot and angry in pursuit, were evidently on their footsteps, and each instant threatened their capture, if not their destruction.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14 15 In another instant several savages were seen rushing into canoes, which were soon dancing over the water in pursuit.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 20