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'''[[1763#November|November]] 15, 1763'''<br> | '''[[1763#November|November]] 15, 1763'''<br> | ||
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| + | <div id="single_up_all_lines">'''as they single up all lines...'''</div> | ||
| + | Pynchon was in the Navy for a spell and "single up all lines" is a common nautical term. Ships are docked with lines doubled — that is, with two sets of ropes or chains holding the vessel to the dock. To "single up all lines" is to remove the redundant second lines in preparation to make way. | ||
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| + | "single up all lines" also appears in [http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_1#single_up_all_lines ''V.'', p.11]; [http://cl49.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2#single_up_all_lines ''The Crying of Lot 49'', p.31]; [http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pages_488-491#single_up_all_lines ''Gravity's Rainbow'', p.489]; and [http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_1-25#Page_3 ''Against the Day'', p.3]. | ||
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| + | '''single up all lines'''<br /> | ||
| + | ''See [[#Page 258|p.258, above]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:02, 20 October 2007
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November 15, 1763
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Pynchon was in the Navy for a spell and "single up all lines" is a common nautical term. Ships are docked with lines doubled — that is, with two sets of ropes or chains holding the vessel to the dock. To "single up all lines" is to remove the redundant second lines in preparation to make way.
"single up all lines" also appears in V., p.11; The Crying of Lot 49, p.31; Gravity's Rainbow, p.489; and Against the Day, p.3.
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single up all lines
See p.258, above
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the way ev'rything, suddenly, has begun to gravitate towards B-flat major
B flat major is the easiest key for many wind instruments and therefore very popular for hymns and anthems, as well as later on for jazz.
To Anacreon in Heaven
Then a British drinking song; later to become "The Star-Spangled Banner".
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As to journey west...grow older, and die...to turn Eastward...defy death
Journeying westward as following the "Stream of the Day" makes turning eastward a turning "Against the Day", as it were. The Reverend's story, as a means of travelling into the past, is also bound "against the wind".
