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This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context The countess was upset by her friend's sorrow and humiliating poverty, and was therefore out of sorts, a state of mind which with her always found expression in calling her maid "my dear" and speaking to her with exaggerated politeness. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context They came limping and hanging their heads; and we set out for home, sadly out of sorts, every one of us. Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context More results

? References in classic literature

This whale is not dead; he is only dispirited; out of sorts, perhaps; hypochondriac; and so supine, that the hinges of his jaw have relaxed, leaving him there in that ungainly sort of plight, a reproach to all his tribe, who must, no doubt, imprecate lock-jaws upon him.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

The countess was upset by her friend's sorrow and humiliating poverty, and was therefore out of sorts, a state of mind which with her always found expression in calling her maid "my dear" and speaking to her with exaggerated politeness.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

They came limping and hanging their heads; and we set out for home, sadly out of sorts, every one of us.

Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context

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