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“For this old man, having loved them, wishes to withhold the money that he borrowed.” Aristophanes, The Clouds · insight
From Minturnae in May, Cicero urges Atticus to prevent an additional senate decree, discusses guarantees for purchases, insists on paying Oppius 800 sestertii by any means, and recounts disputes involving Atticus’s sister Pomponia.
am determined shall be paid in any case, even if I have to borrow to do so, rather than wait for the last day of getting in my own debts. I now come to that last line of your letter written crossways, in which you give me a word of caution about your sister. The facts of the matter are these. On arriving at my place at Arpinum, my brother came to see me, and our first subject of conversation was yourself, and we dis…
On May 25th the narrator’s attempt to mention a possible invite to Lieutenant Richter gets her punished by Father and leads Dora to accuse her of doing it on purpose, ending in a quarrel using the insult “Pearls before Swine.”
I managed to say it all. I only felt that Frau Doktor M. is so annoyed when no one offers to answer a question, and so I took it on. May 25th. Confound it, I could slap myself a hundred times. How could I be so stupid! Now we’re not allowed to go to the aerodome. Father only let us go because Viktor is in Linz and Father believed he was going to stay there another fortnight. And at dinner to-day I made a slip and sa…
The Chorus predicts trouble for Strepsiades after Amynias and his “sophist” son Phidippides, who then beats his father and defends it by choosing between the “better” and “worse” causes.
Amyn. Is not this an insult, pray? Strep. Will you move quickly? [Pricks him behind with the goad.] I'll lay on you, goading you behind, you outrigger? Do you fly? [Amynias runs off.] I thought I should stir you, together with your wheels and your two-horse chariots. [Exit Strepsiades.] Cho. What a thing it is to love evil courses! For this old man, having loved them, wishes to withhold the mone…
In Newcastle, Governor Sir William Keith encourages Franklin to set up a printing business in Philadelphia with promised influence, and Franklin returns to Boston carrying the governor’s letter, only to face resistance from his brother.
sending for me now and then to dine with him, a very great honour I thought it, and conversing with me in the most affable, familiar, and friendly manner imaginable. [30] Temple Franklin considered this specific figure vulgar and changed it to "stared with astonishment." [31] Pennsylvania and Delaware. About the end of April, 1724, a little vessel offer'd for Boston. I took leave of Keimer as going to see my f…
It sets out the hedonist-tinged plot of Terence’s Hecyra, where Pamphilus’s forced sex with Philumena leads to a secret pregnancy, family conflict with Sostrata and Laches, and eventual ring-based recognition that reunites Pamphilus with his wife.
THE SUBJECT. Pamphilus, the son of Laches by his wife Sostrata, being at the time enamored of Bacchis, a Courtesan, chances, one night, in a drunken fit, to debauch Philumena, the daughter of Phidippus and Myrrhina. In the struggle he takes a ring from her, which he gives to Bacchis. Some time afterward, at his father’s express desire, he consents to marry. By chance the young woman whom he has ravished is given to …
Demea withdraws after saying he will not oppose Micio’s handling of one brother; he insists he cares specifically for the other son and warns that continuing arguments are futile, then exits angrily.
MICIO. Again? Angry again, good Demea? DEMEA. You may trust me. Do I demand him back again I gave you? --It hurts me. I am not a stranger to him. --But if I once oppose--Well, well, I've done. You wish I should take care of one. I do Take special care of him; and he, thank Heav'n, Is as I wish he *should* be: which your ward, I warrant, shall find out one time or other. I will not say aught worse of him at present. …
Demea predicts a disastrous outcome from his brother’s lack of restraint, exits to find him, and Hegio reassures Sostrata that he will confront Micio and decide how to act.
*DEMEA alone.* This is no more than I foretold: and well If his intemp'rance would stop *here!*--But this Immoderate indulgence must produce Some terrible misfortune in the end. --I'll hence, find out my brother, tell my news, And empty all my indignation on him. (*Exit.* *Re-enter HEGIO, speaking to SOSTRATA at the door.* Be of good cheer, my Sostrata; and comfort, As much as in your pow'r, poor Pamphila! I'll fi…
Phidippus and Laches argue after Pamphilus exits, blaming pride and money while Laches vows to confront his wife Myrrhina as the cause of the quarrel.
*Manent LACHES and PHIDIPPUS.* PHID. How perverse is this! (*Angrily.*) LACH. Did not I say he'd take it ill, Phidippus, And therefore begg'd you to send back your daughter? PHID. 'Fore Heaven I did not think him such a churl. What! does he fancy I'll go cringing to him? No;--if he'll take his wife he may:--if not, Let him refund her portion;--there's an end! LACH. See there now! you're as fractious as himself. …
Theseus confronts Aricia about her conversations with his son, questions her about his “eternal love,” and Aricia defends Hippolytus while hinting that his innocence will be revealed, then departs in silence.
THESEUS, ARICIA, ISMENE THESEUS Ye gods, throw light upon my troubled mind, Show me the truth which I am seeking here. ARICIA (aside to ISMENE) Get ready, dear Ismene, for our flight. THESEUS, ARICIA THESEUS Your colour comes and goes, you seem confused, Madame! What business had my son with you? ARICIA Sire, he was bidding me farewell for ever. THESEU…