Quotes by Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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So true it is, and so terrible, too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affectio — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
So true it is, and so terrible, too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affectio — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
I would prefer not to. — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
I would prefer not to. — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
Nippers was a whiskered, sallow, and, upon the whole, rather piratical-looking young man of about five and twenty. I alw — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
Nippers was a whiskered, sallow, and, upon the whole, rather piratical-looking young man of about five and twenty. I alw — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
At last I see it, I feel it; I penetrate to the predestinated purpose of my life. I am content. Others may have loftier — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
At last I see it, I feel it; I penetrate to the predestinated purpose of my life. I am content. Others may have loftier — Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener