Not P but Moby-Dick (45)

[Mike Jing]

Yep, that's it. Thanks for the reply, Michael.


On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 11:53 AM Michael Bailey <
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Quicken has 2 main meanings:
>
> To bring to life (by extension, here it could signify to “enliven”)
>
> To make more rapid (ie, lively)
>
> The meanings are complementary -
> The more archaic is to bring to life (ie “the quick and the dead”)
>
> Associations of life with movement...
>
> It's probably the sight of the black cloud, portending a storm, that livens
> them up
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 56:
> >
> > From the ship, the smoke of the torments of the boiling whale is going up
> > like the smoke over a village of smithies; and to windward, a black
> cloud,
> > rising up with earnest of squalls and rains, seems to quicken the
> activity
> > of the excited seamen.
> >
> > What does "quicken" mean here?
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