Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781516836031)

We were now voyaging straight for Maramma; where lived and reigned, in mystery, the High Pontiff of the adjoining isles: prince, priest, and god, in his own proper person: great lord paramount over many kings in Mardi; his hands full of scepters and crosiers. Soon, rounding a lofty and insulated shore, the great central peak of the island came in sight; domineering over the neighboring hills; the same aspiring pinnacle, descried in drawing near the archipelago in the Chamois. "Tall Peak of Ofo " cried Babbalanja, "how comes it that thy shadow so broods over Mardi; flinging new shades upon spots already shaded by the hill-sides; shade upon shade "

Author: Herman Melville
ISBN-10: 1516836030
ISBN-13: 9781516836031
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2015
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.23d