Not P but Moby-Dick (58)
Mike Jing
gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Tue Jan 23 15:21:21 UTC 2024
For some reason, it feels to me that "Derick De Deer, master" is parenthetical,
and the "of Bremen" is actually referring to the ship.
On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 8:57 AM Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
wrote:
> To the city in Germany the captain comes from.
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:28 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From Chapter 81:
>>
>> The predestinated day arrived, and we duly met the ship Jungfrau, Derick
>> De
>> Deer, master, of Bremen.
>>
>> Does the "of Bremen" refer to the ship or the captain?
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