O(h) my friend(s)

MOBY-DICK (1851)

Oh! my friends, but this is man-killing!  --Chapter 98, Stowing Down and Clearing Up.

 SCENES BEYOND THE WESTERN BORDER (AUGUST 1852)

"O! my friend!"

--Scenes Beyond the Western Border, August 1852

 Deleted in revision, "O! my friend!" does not appear in the 1857 book version,  Scenes and Adventures in the Army.

"Scenes Beyond the Western Border"
Southern Literary Messenger - August 1852

Also deleted in revision of the same 1852 dialogue: "Ah! my good friend...."



which does not appear in the 1857 book version: