Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and …

Herman Melville
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Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up. ✨ Herman Melville (1892). Moby Dick, p.156
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