tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post3129982300594550336..comments2024-03-15T18:01:26.787-05:00Comments on Melvilliana: Sophia Hawthorne and St Nicolas to Una, 1852Scott Norsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458190971293597545noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570718375010661810.post-81098448173693519092017-02-08T15:39:43.623-06:002017-02-08T15:39:43.623-06:00This strange locution: "He has a heart very l...This strange locution: "He has a heart very large & full of rich love, & if you would not push it back ... it would flow towards you..." immediately struck me as like this strange locution:<br /><br />"Tashtego's mast-head hammer remained suspended in his hand; and the red flag, half-wrapping him as with a plaid, then streamed itself straight out from him, as his own forward-flowing heart."<br /><br />Google identifies "forward-flowing heart" as one of Melville's many hapax legomena, occurring nowhere else in the language except in M-D.<br />Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com