A Happy Half Century And Other Essays
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It is a poem replete with information, and information of that discon- t ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS 101 nected order in which the Edgeworthian soul took true delight. We are told, not only about flowers and vegetables, but about electric fishes, and the salt mines of Poland; about Dr. Frank lin s lightning rod, and Mrs. Darner s bust of the Duchess of Devonshire; about the treat ment of paralytics, and the mechanism of the common pump. We pass from the death of General Wolfe at Quebec to the eq...ually la mented demise of a lady botanist at Derby. We turn from the contemplation of Hannibal crossing the Alps to consider the charities of a benevolent young woman named Jones.
Sound, Nymphs of Helicon ! the trump of Fame, And teach Hibernian echoes Jones s name ; Bind round her polished brow the civic bay, And drag the fair Philanthropist to day.
Pagan divinities disport themselves on one page, and Christian saints on another. St. Anthony preaches, not to the little fishes of the brooks and streams, but to the monsters of the deep, sharks, porpoises, whales, seals and dol phins, that assemble in a sort of aquatic camp- meeting on the shores of the Adriatic, and "get religion " in the true revivalist spirit.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is a poem replete with information, and information of that discon- t ON THE SLOPES OF PARNASSUS 101 nected order in which the Edgeworthian soul took true delight. We are told, not only about flowers and vegetables, but about electric fishes, and the salt mines of Poland; about Dr. Frank lin s lightning rod, and Mrs. Darner s bust of the Duchess of Devonshire; about the treat ment of paralytics, and the mechanism of the common pump. We pass from the death of General Wolfe at Quebec to the eq...ually la mented demise of a lady botanist at Derby. We turn from the contemplation of Hannibal crossing the Alps to consider the charities of a benevolent young woman named Jones.
Sound, Nymphs of Helicon ! the trump of Fame, And teach Hibernian echoes Jones s name ; Bind round her polished brow the civic bay, And drag the fair Philanthropist to day.
Pagan divinities disport themselves on one page, and Christian saints on another. St. Anthony preaches, not to the little fishes of the brooks and streams, but to the monsters of the deep, sharks, porpoises, whales, seals and dol phins, that assemble in a sort of aquatic camp- meeting on the shores of the Adriatic, and "get religion " in the true revivalist spirit.
What to read after A Happy Half Century And Other Essays?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Repplier Agnes to read onlineMoreLess
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