Not P but Moby-Dick (47)

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Ian and Mark.


On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 11:40 AM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Think of inspiration--as in the inhalation of the spirit [of a god or
> goddess, whatever] in which the rush of oxygen to the body and its brain,
> may incite the subject to raise their eyes and let their thoughts drift a
> bit in the sensation.
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:51 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From Chapter 57:
>>
>> Nor when expandingly lifted by your subject, can you fail to trace out
>> great whales in the starry heavens, and boats in pursuit of them; as when
>> long filled with thoughts of war the Eastern nations saw armies locked in
>> battle among the clouds.
>>
>> What does "expandingly lifted" mean here?
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