The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket Quotes
"I felt the greatest desire to go to sea."
"We were in the habit of going on some of the maddest freaks in the world."
"For God's sake, Augustus, what ails you? What is the matter? What are you going to do?"
"The coolness of the night air, however, had had its usual effect."
"My heart ceased utterly to beat, and without having once raised my eyes to learn the source of my alarm, I tumbled headlong and insensible upon the body of my fallen companion."
"It is hardly possible to conceive the extremity of my terror."
"I was resuscitated from a state bordering very nearly upon death."
"He could not think it possible that I had survived my confinement for so long a period breathing so oppressive an air."
"Fortunate, indeed, was it that the incident occurred—for, upon this incident, trivial as it appears, the thread of my destiny depended."
"The crash of the bottle was distinctly heard, yet Augustus was not sure that it proceeded from the hold."
"He determined, nevertheless, to force a passage, if possible, to the box, and at least ascertain beyond a doubt the truth of his surmises."
"Overcome now by his feelings, he threw himself among the lumber in despair, and wept like a child."
"His candle was expiring in the socket, and there would be the greatest difficulty in retracing his way to the hatchway in the dark."
"The atmosphere of the hold, too, must have appeared to him, coming from the comparatively open air of the steerage, of a nature absolutely poisonous."
"This, then, was the smile which had cheered us on to hope!"
"Never, surely, was any object so terribly full of awe!"
"The brig was a mere log, rolling about at the mercy of every wave."
"It was some time before I could induce my poor companions to believe that this sad reverse in our prospects had actually taken place."
"He proposed, in a few words, that one of us should die to preserve the existence of the others."
"I had for some time past, dwelt upon the prospect of our being reduced to this last horrible extremity."
"He said that he had not spoken until the very last possible moment."
"Let it suffice to say that, having in some measure appeased the raging thirst which consumed us by the blood of the victim."
"I remembered that, when the foremast had been cut away, Peters, being in the windward chains, passed one of the axes into my hand."
"We contrived to catch some water by means of a sheet which had been fished up from the cabin by our drag just after the gale."
"The weather still remained warm and pleasant, with occasional fogs and light breezes."
"This morning saw us wonderfully recruited in spirits and strength."
"We were again reduced to the last necessity."
"He was upon the point of making his escape from Peter’s grasp."
"The water we drew carefully from the bag into the jug."
"Our tortoise, which we were anxious to preserve alive as long as we could."
"This morning the gale had diminished to a mere ten-knot breeze."
"The brig now began to lie along so alarmingly that we feared she would eventually roll bottom up."
"The sea very smooth all day, with little or no wind."
"In moderate weather we might have easily captured him."
"This morning, the wind having greatly abated, and the sea not being very rough."
"The sea nearly smooth, with a light wind, and still from the northward and westward."
"A continuance of the same calm weather."
"We were not altogether free from the apprehension of immediate danger."
"The same fearfully calm and hot weather."
"No prospect of relief, and the brig lying still more and more along."
"A little before daybreak we perceived that the hulk was heeling over."
"In going under the water I had been obliged to let go my hold upon the rope."
"Our whole stock of provision had been swept overboard."
"The overturning of the brig, even with the consequent loss of the wine and turtle."
"During the last two or three days, the weather having been dry and pleasant."
"We had no difficulty in procuring almost every kind of refreshment which we required."
"On the twelfth we made sail from Christmas Harbour."
"The Jane Guy was a fine-looking topsail schooner."
"We kept on our course southwardly for four days after giving up the search for Glass’s islands."
"This day we found ourselves completely hemmed in by the ice."
"We had now advanced to the southward more than eight degrees farther than any previous navigators."
"We kept our course southwardly for four days after giving up the search for Glass’s islands, without meeting with any ice at all."
"This morning we had the misfortune to lose a man overboard."
"In the course of the day we saw several large whales of the right species."
"This morning4 we continued to the southward."
"January 18._ This morning4 we continued to the southward, with the same pleasant weather as before."
"January 19._ Today, being in latitude 83° 20′, longitude 43° 5′ W."
"Throughout the whole of their visit they evinced the most friendly manner."
"We saw no disposition to thievery among them, nor did we miss a single article after their departure."
"The savages were evidently startled, and paused for an instant from their labours and yellings."
"The whole country around us seemed to be swarming with savages."
"We were nearly overwhelmed by the white ashy shower which settled upon us and upon the canoe."
"The whole surface of the bay was literally strewn with the struggling and drowning wretches."
"The countenance of Peters indicated nothing of this nature, although it wore at times an expression I could not fathom."
"The temperature of the water seemed to be increasing momentarily."
"I felt a numbness of body and mind—a dreaminess of sensation but this was all."
"And now we rushed into the embraces of the cataract, where a chasm threw itself open to receive us."