All 5 Uses of
prophecy
in
Moby Dick
- And nothing about his losing his leg last voyage, according to the prophecy.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- The prophecy was that I should be dismembered; and—Aye!†
Chpt 37-39
- Meantime, Gabriel, ascending to the main-royal mast-head, was tossing one arm in frantic gestures, and hurling forth prophecies of speedy doom to the sacrilegious assailants of his divinity.†
Chpt 70-72
- This terrible event clothed the archangel with added influence; because his credulous disciples believed that he had specifically fore-announced it, instead of only making a general prophecy, which any one might have done, and so have chanced to hit one of many marks in the wide margin allowed.†
Chpt 70-72
- It was but some few days after encountering the Frenchman, that a most significant event befell the most insignificant of the Pequod's crew; an event most lamentable; and which ended in providing the sometimes madly merry and predestinated craft with a living and ever accompanying prophecy of whatever shattered sequel might prove her own.†
Chpt 91-93
Definition:
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(prophecy) a prediction of the future (usually said to be obtained in a supernatural way)