Both Uses of
privation
in
Moby Dick
- For not only would they meet with all the sympathies of sailors, but likewise with all the peculiar congenialities arising from a common pursuit and mutually shared privations and perils.†
Chpt 52-54 *privations = things that are lacking which are needed to live in a satisfactory manner
- forty years of privation, and peril, and storm-time!†
Chpt 130-132privation = lack of basic things needed to live in a satisfactory manner