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     ;My    lips  have    sworn   it�察 �but  my   mind    is  free。;  ��See    Euripides�此�

Hippolytus�察    �608。   For    the  jesuitical  morality   of   this  line  Euripides   is 

bitterly attacked by the comic poet。�� 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 But Alcibiades 

    ALCIBIADES。 What�            �Are you afraid of Ceres and Proserpine�拭�

     SPEUSIPPUS。   NobutbutIthat   is   Ibut   it   is   best   to   be   safeI 

mean Suppose there should be something in it。 

    ALCIBIADES。          Now�察   �by   Mercury�察   �I  shall  die  with   laughing。     O 

Speusippus。   Speusippus�        �Go   back   to   your   old   father。 Dig   vineyards�察�

and judge causes�察�and be a respectable citizen。          But never�察�while you live�察�

again dream of being a philosopher。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Nay�察�I was only 

    ALCIBIADES。 A pupil of Gorgias and Melesigenes afraid of Tartarus� �

In   what   region   of the   infernal   world do   you   expect   your   domicile   to   be 

fixed�拭   �Shall you roll a stone like Sisyphus�拭        �Hard exercise�察�Speusippus� �

     SPEUSIPPUS。 In the name of all the gods 

    ALCIBIADES。 Or shall you sit starved and thirsty in the midst of fruit 

and wine like Tantalus�拭       �Poor fellow�拭     �I think I see your face as you are 

springing up to the branches and missing your aim。                Oh Bacchus�       �Oh 

Mercury� �

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Alcibiades� �

    ALCIBIADES。   Or   perhaps   you   will   be   food   for   a   vulture�察  �like   the 



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huge fellow who was rude to Latona。 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 Alcibiades� �

     ALCIBIADES。          Never    fear。   Minos      will   not  be   so  cruel。    Your 

eloquence will triumph over all accusations。             The Furies will skulk away 

like   disappointed   sycophants。       Only   address   the   judges   of   hell   in  the 

speech which you were prevented from speaking last assembly。 ;When I 

consider;is not that the beginning of it�拭           �Come�察�man�察�do not be angry。 

Why   do   you   pace   up   and   down   with   such   long   steps�拭  �You   are   not   in 

Tartarus yet。      You seem to think that you are already stalking like poor 

Achilles�察�

     ;With stride Majestic through the plain of Asphodel。;                ��See Homer's 

Odyssey�察�xi。 538。�� 

     SPEUSIPPUS。 How can you talk so�察�when you know that I believe all 

that foolery as little as you do�拭�

     ALCIBIADES。 Then march。               You shall be the crier。        Callicles�察�you 

shall   carry   the   torch。  Why   do   you   stare�拭    。�The   crier   and   torchbearer 

were     important     functionaries      at  the   celebration     of   the   Eleusinian 

mysteries。�� 

     CALLICLES。 I do not much like the frolic。 

     ALCIBIADES。 Nay�察�surely you are not taken with a fit of piety。                  If all 

be   true   that   is   told   of   you�察  �you   have   as   little   reason   to   think   the   gods 

vindictive as any man breathing。            If you be not belied�察�a certain golden 

goblet which I have seen at your house was once in the temple of Juno at 

Corcyra。      And men say that there was a priestess at Tarentum 

     CALLICLES。 A fig for the gods�              �I was thinking about the Archons。 

You will have   an accusation   laid   against   you to´morrow。           It   is   not very 

pleasant to be tried before the king。          ��The name of king was given in the 

Athenian      democracy      to  the   magistrate    who    exercised     those   spiritual 

functions which in the monarchical times had belonged to the sovereign。 

His court took cognisance of offences against the religion of the state。�� 

     ALCIBIADES。   Never   fear�此  �there   is   not   a   sycophant   in   Attica   who 

would dare to breathe a word against me�察�for the golden plane´tree of the 

great king。     ��See Herodotus�察�viii。 28。�� 

     HIPPOMACHUS。 That plane´tree 



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     ALCIBIADES。           Never     mind    the   plane´tree。     Come�察     �Callicles�察   �you 

were not so timid when you plundered the merchantman off Cape Malea。 

Take   up   the   torch   and   move。      Hippomachus�察  �tell   one   of   the   slaves   to 

bring   a   sow。    ��A   sow   was   sacrificed   to   Ceres   at   the   admission   to   the 

greater mysteries。�� 

     CALLICLES。 And what part are you to play�拭�

     ALCIBIADES。            I  shall    be   hierophant。       Herald�察     �to   your    office。 

Torchbearer�察�advance with the lights。               Come forward�察�fair novice。              We 

will celebrate the rite within。 

     ��Exeunt。�А�

     。。。 



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                   CRITICISMS ON THE 

   PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS。 



                                     No。 I。    DANTE。 

                                    ��January 1824�� 

     ;Fairest of stars�察�last in the train of night�察�If better thou belong not to 

the   dawn�察  �Sure   pledge   of   day�察  �that   crown'st   the   smiling   morn   With   thy 

bright circlet。;      Milton。 

     In   a   review    of  Italian   literature�察  �Dante    has   a  double     claim   to 

precedency。      He   was   the   earliest   and   the   greatest   writer   of   his   country。 

He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his 

native    dialect。   The     Latin   tongue�察  �which�察   �under    the  most    favourable 

circumstances�察�and in the hands of the greatest masters�察�had still been poor�察�

feeble�察�and singularly unpoetical�察�and which had�察�in the age of Dante�察�been 

debased   by   the   admixture   of   innumerable   barbarous   words   and   idioms�察�

was still cultivated with superstitious veneration�察�and received�察�in the last 

stage of corruption�察�more honours than it had deserved in the period of its 

life and vigour。      It was the language of the cabinet�察�of the university�察�of 

the   church。    It   was   employed   by   all   who   aspired   to   distinction   in   the 

higher walks of poetry。        In compassion to the ignorance of his mistress�察�a 

cavalier might now and then proclaim his passion in Tuscan or Proven �a l 

rhymes。      The vulgar might occasionally be edified by a pious allegory in 

the   popular   jargon。    But   no    writer   had   conceived    it   possible   that  the 

dialect   of   peasants   and   market´women   should   possess   sufficient   energy 

and   precision   for   a   majestic   and   durable   work。  Dante   adventured   first。 

He detected the rich treasures of thought and diction which still lay latent 

in   their  ore。   He    refined    them   into   purity。   He    burnished    them    into 

splendour。      He   fitted   them   for   every   purpose   of   use   and   magnificence。 

And   he   has   thus   acquired   the   glory�察  �not   only   of   producing   the   finest 

narrative     poem     of  modern      times   but   also   of   creating    a  language�察�

distinguished by unrivalled melody�察 �and peculiarly capable of   furnishing 

to   lofty  and   passionate    thoughts    their   appropriate    garb   of  severe   and 

concise expression。 



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     To many this may appear a singular panegyric on the Italian tongue。 

Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies�察�who�察�

when   they   are   asked   whether   they   read   Italian�察  �answer   ;yes�察─  �never   go 

beyond the stories at the end of their grammar��The Pastor Fido��or an 

act of Artaserse。       They could as soon read a Babylonian brick as a canto 


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