"Ah, these currents spin one's head round almost as much as they do the ship."
— Melville, Herman (1819-1891)
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Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Dix, Edwards, & Co.
Date
1855, 1856
Metaphor
"Ah, these currents spin one's head round almost as much as they do the ship."
Metaphor in Context
How plainly, thought he, did that old whiskerando yonder betray a consciousness of ill-desert. No doubt, when he saw me coming, he dreaded lest I, apprised by his captain of the crew's general misbehaviour, came with sharp words for him, and so down with his head. And yet--and yet, now that I think of it, that very old fellow, if I err not, was one of those who seemed so earnestly eyeing me here awhile since. Ah, these currents spin one's head round almost as much as they do the ship. Ha, there now's a pleasant sort of sunny sight; quite sociable, too.
(p. 210)
(p. 210)
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Reading
Citation
Herman Melville. "Benito Cereno" from Tales, Poems, and Other Writings. Ed. John Bryant. New York: Modern Library, 2002. <Project Gutenburg edition><ESP online edition>
Date of Entry
04/21/2010
