The Delphian Course (Volume 3); A Systematic Plan of Education, Embracing the World's Progress and Development of the Liberal Arts - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... That dastard runaway, they turned to hinds In honor of his cowardice. Soc. And now, Having seen Cleisthenes, to mock his lewdness They changed themselves to women. Streps. Welcome, ladies! Imperial ladies, welcome! An' it please Your highnesses so far to grace a mortal, Give me a touch of your celestial voices. Clouds. Hail, grandsire! who at this late hour of life Wouldst go to school for cunning; and all hail, Thou prince pontifical of quirks and quibbles, Speak thy full mind, make known thy wants and wishes! Thee and our worthy Prodicus excepted, Not one of all your sophists have our ear: Him for his wit and learning we esteem, Thee for thy proud deportment and high looks, In bare-foot beggary strutting up and down, Content to suffer mockery for our sake, And carry a grave face whilst others laugh. Streps. Oh! mother Earth, was ever voice like this, So reverend, so portentous, so divine? Soc. These are your only deities, all else I flout at. Streps. Hold! Olympian Jupiter-- Is he no god? Soc. What Jupiter? what god? Pr'ythee no more--away with him at once! Streps. Say'st thou? Who gives us rain? answer me that. Soc. These give us rain; as I will straight demonstrate: Come on now--When did you e'er see it rain Without a cloud? If Jupiter gives rain, Let him rain down his favors in the sunshine Nor ask the clouds to help him. Streps. You have hit it. 'Tis so; heaven help me? I did think till now, When 'twas his godship's pleasure, he made water Into a sieve and gave the earth a shower. But hark ye me, who thunders? tell me that: For then it is I tremble. Soc. These--these thunder. When they are tumbled. Streps. How, blasphemer, how? Soc. When they are charg'd with vapors full to th' burst- ing, And bandied to and fro against each other, Then with the s...
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