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5 quotes from Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Seguid vuestro jefe

— Chalked on the ship's bow · The chalked motto in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno (1855)

Undo it, cut it, quick.

— An old Spanish sailor · An old Spanish sailor in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno (1855)

you are saved: what has cast such a shadow upon you?

— Captain Amasa Delano · Captain Delano in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno (1855)

With their steadfastness they but waft me to my tomb, Señor

— Don Benito Cereno · Benito Cereno in Herman Melville's Benito Cereno (1855)

the head, that hive of subtlety, fixed on a pole in the Plaza, met, unabashed, the gaze of the whites

— The narrator · The narrator of Herman Melville's Benito Cereno (1855)

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