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  • "Well, since the cat's come back, I suppose it must have its saucer of milk," he grinned, by way of hiding the fact that the lip-quiver had touched him.

    The Thunder Bird B. M. Bower 1905

  • And what with the standing spectacle of the black terrific Ahab, and the periodical tumultuous visitations of these three savages, Dough-Boy's whole life was one continual lip-quiver.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Dough-Boy's whole life was one continual lip-quiver.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • And what with the standing spectacle of the black terrific Ahab, and the periodical tumultuous visitations of these three savages, Dough-Boy's whole life was one continual lip-quiver.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • And what with the standing spectacle of the black terrific Ahab, and the periodical tumultuous visitations of these three savages, Dough-Boy’s whole life was one continual lip-quiver.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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