A jolly place, said he, in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curst. ...

He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.

Avoid overtilling the soil, as this may damage it.

The vast tackles have now done their duty. The peeled white body of the beheaded whale flashes like a marble sepulchre; though changed in hue, it has not perceptibly lost anything in bulk.