A Window into the Alphabet and Writing Style: Words Beginning with “c," Exercise 1

Melville’s word choice is undeniably rich in all ways. One particularly rich set of words begins with the letter “c.” These selected words are a window to the whole alphabet.

At least several letters are similar in the word sets. This will allow you to see the variations in those letters and to see other letters more closely.

Here are sets for you to decipher and transcribe. They are all in alphabetical order.

Examples

Here are two words that share the first two letters, though they are written differently.

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circa 1884*-1891

text: "cabin"



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circa 1884*-1891

text: "cage"


These share the first three letters.

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circa 1884*-1891

text: "calamitous"



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circa 1884*-1891

text: "calling"


Here are sets for you to decipher and transcribe. They are all in alphabetical order.
Set #1

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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891



Set #2

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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891



Set #3

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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891



Set #4

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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891



Set #5

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circa 1884*-1891




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circa 1884*-1891



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