...tell moved in a different sphere of life, and his conversation at times betrayed this, although ho was anxious to conceal it. He was one of that class...some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude." —The Marquesas Islands, p. 33. us, was every way worthy of it Toby, like myself, had evidently This...

...not entirely conceal. "He was one of that class of rovers you sometimes meet at sea," says Melville, "who never reveal their origin, never allude to home,...some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude." By the spell of the senses, too, Melville was attracted to Toby. "For while the greater part of the...

...the life of the forecastle; a fact that, despite his anxious effort, Toby could not entirely conceal. "He was one of that class of rovers you sometimes meet at sea," says Melville, "who never reveal their origin, never allude to home, and go rambling over the world...

...perceived one of the ship's company leaning over the bulwarks, apparently plunged in a profound revery. He was a young fellow about my own age, for whom I...even in the appearance of Toby calculated to draw me toward him, for while the greater part of the crew were as coarse in person as in mind, CHARACTERISTICS...

...obliging, of dauntless courage, and singularly open and fearless in the expression of his feelings. 1 had on more than one occasion got him out of scrapes...even in the appearance of Toby calculated to draw me toward him, for while the greater part of the crew were as coarse in person as in mind, CHARACTERISTICS...

...evidently moved in a different sphere of life, and his conversation at times betrayed this, though he was anxious to conceal it. He was one of that class...some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude". In the main the crew were dastardly and mean-spirited wretches, and among them "Toby" shone like a...

...evidently moved in a different sphere of life, and his conversation at times betrayed this, though he was anxious to conceal it. He was one of that class...some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude." In the main the crew were dastardly and mean-spirited wretches, and among them " Toby " shone like...

...Tommo as he journeys. To be sure, he does enlist Toby as a fellow deserter, but he describes him as "one of that class of rovers you sometimes meet at...by some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude" (32). There is, Tommo tells us, "a certain congeniality of sentiment" between this person widiout home...

...name by which he went among us, for his real name he would never tell us, was every way worthy of it Toby, like myself, had evidently moved in a different...some mysterious fate they cannot possibly elude." — The Marquesas Islands, p. 33. This precious pair soon put their plan into execution, and taking...