Not P but Moby-Dick (82)

[Mike Jing]

That makes sense. Thanks, Michael.


On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 6:03 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Slightly better -
>
> The length of bare spine towards the tail, as opposed to the part where
> it’s adorned with ribs
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 3:00 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Unbroken, unadorned, just a straight line imho
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 3:52 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> From Chapter 103:
>>>
>>> To me this vast ivory-ribbed chest, with the long, unrelieved spine,
>>> extending far away from it in a straight line, not a little resembled the
>>> hull of a great ship new-laid upon the stocks, when only some twenty of
>>> her
>>> naked bow-ribs are inserted, and the keel is otherwise, for the time,
>>> but a
>>> long, disconnected timber.
>>>
>>> What does "unrelieved" mean here?
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>>