Herman Melville Quotes

Every Evening The Girls Of The House Gathered About Me On The Mats, And After Chasing Away Kory-Kory From My Side - Who Nevertheless, Retired Only To A Little Distance And Watched Their Proceedings With The Most Jealous Attention - Would Anoint My Whole Body With A Fragrant Oil, Squeezed From A Yellow Root, Previously Pounded Between A Couple Of Stones, And Which In Their Language Is Denominated 'aka'. And Most Refreshing And Agreeable Are The Juices Of The 'aka', When Applied To Ones, Limbs By The Soft Palms Of Sweet Nymphs, Whose Bright Eyes Are Beaming Upon You With Kindness; And I Used To Hail With Delight The Daily Recurrence Of This Luxurious Operation, In Which I Forgot All My Troubles, And Buried For The Time Every Feeling Of Sorrow. Sometimes

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