Not P but Moby-Dick (72)

[Mark Kohut]

by way of praises, hymns to God to the deed he had done....

On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 12:27 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 89:
>
> And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his
> fingers in the plaintiffs’ teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology
> to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and
> boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of the seizure.
> Wherefore the plaintiffs now sued for the recovery of the value of their
> whale, line, harpoons, and boat.
>
> What does "by way of doxology to the deed he had done" mean here?
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