Not P but Moby-Dick (92)

[Mike Jing]

That's as far as I can see.


On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 2:07 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The puzzling thing is the attribution, to the inanimate fusee, of the
> ability to smell fire -
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> The similitude of which is attributed to the Parsee.
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> However, what if the notion of “smelling fire” is that a fusee is so
> flammable that if a flame is anywhere nearby, it will ignite, as if it
> smelled the fire?
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> True, the Parsee himself won’t ignite (for which all are probably
> grateful), so the comparison only goes partway
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> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 12:19 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > From Chapter 113:
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> > “What’s that bunch of lucifers dodging about there for?” muttered Stubb,
> > looking on from the forecastle. “That Parsee smells fire like a fusee;
> and
> > smells of it himself, like a hot musket’s powder-pan.”
> >
> > What does "smells fire like a fusee" mean here?
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