Chapter 26: 257-265

2008-06-03T01:25:29Z

Pomopaulrevere:

==Page 257==
'''[[1763#November|November]] 15, 1763'''<br>

==Page 258==
<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.

"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].

==Page 260==
'''single up all lines'''<br />
''See [[#Page 258|p.258, above]]

==Page 261==

'''The New Religion'''<br>
A reference to the
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening 'First Great Awakening'].

==Page 262==
'''''the way ev'rything, suddenly, has begun to gravitate towards B-flat major'''''<br>
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'''<br>
Then a British drinking song; later to become "The Star-Spangled Banner". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven]

==Page 263==

'''''As to journey west...grow older, and die...to turn Eastward...defy death'''''<br>
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".

==Page 264==

'''Percussion'''<br>
First recorded in 1544, "a striking, a blow," from L. percussionem (nom. percussio), from percussus, pp. of percutere "to strike," from per- "through" + quatere "to strike, shake." Reference to musical instruments is first recorded 1776.
[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=percussion]
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