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Hunting5 quotes
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. — Herman Melville · 1851There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast. — Charles Dickens · 1837Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain. — William Cowper · 1785The chase, the sport of kings;
image of war, without its guilt. — William Somerville · 1735When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman. — Joseph Wood Krutch · 1956Animals1 quote
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. — Herman Melville · 1851Charismatic megafauna1 quote
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. — Herman Melville · 1851Human nature1 quote
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast. — Charles Dickens · 1837Man and animals1 quote
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain. — William Cowper · 1785Obsession1 quote
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. — Herman Melville · 1851Whales1 quote
And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. — Herman Melville · 1851