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It is no rare thing to meet in the middle of the ocean whales so sound asleep that they can be successfully attacked, and Ned Land had harpooned more than one during its sleep.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules

In midocean it's not unusual to encounter whales so sound asleep they can successfully be attacked, and Ned Land had harpooned more than one in its slumber.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

In a trice they had harpooned the flag, and before I could fire again it was back in their camp.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)

In the bow of one of the boats stood a stout young man who had harpooned the whale.

From A Treasury of Eskimo Tales by Carlson, George

And with that, after a dream that she was whaling and had harpooned a particularly short-winded whale she fell very peacefully into oblivion.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)