[O]ne [chair], distinguished by capacious arms, a high stuffed back, and red cushions, was placed close to the ingle nook, the accustomed seat of the father of the family.

He pushed through knots of whalemen grouped with their families and friends, and surrounded by piles of luggage.

This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.

He would sit his hat across the room, and we would sail cards into it.