Not P but Moby-Dick (72)

[Mike Jing]

Got it. Thanks, Mark.

On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 4:15 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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