The Temptation of Saint Antony
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ANTONY II5 midst, with a bundle of thongs in his hand ; and striking at random to right and left of him violently : " Ah ! impostors, brigands, simoniacs, here- tics, and démons ! the vermin of the schools !
the dregs of Hell ! This fellow hère, Marcion, is a sailor from Sinope excommunicated for incest. Carpocras has been banished as a ma- gician ; ^Etius has stolen his concubine ; Nico- las prostituted his own wife ; and Mânes, who describes himself as the Buddha, and whose name is Cubricus, ...was flayed with thé sharp end of a cane, so that his tanned skin swings at the gâtes of Ctesiphon." ANTONY has recognised TertulHan, and rushes forward to meet him.
"Help, master ! help!" 8—2 Il6 THE TEMPTATION OF TERTULLIAN, continuing : " Break the images ! Veil the virgins !
Pray, fast, weep, mortify yourselves ! No philosophy ! no books ! After Jésus, science is useless ! " Ail hâve fled ; and Antony sees, instead of Tertullian, a woman seated on a stone bench.
She sobs, her head resting against a pillar, her hair hanging down, and her body wrapped in a long brown simar.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
ANTONY II5 midst, with a bundle of thongs in his hand ; and striking at random to right and left of him violently : " Ah ! impostors, brigands, simoniacs, here- tics, and démons ! the vermin of the schools !
the dregs of Hell ! This fellow hère, Marcion, is a sailor from Sinope excommunicated for incest. Carpocras has been banished as a ma- gician ; ^Etius has stolen his concubine ; Nico- las prostituted his own wife ; and Mânes, who describes himself as the Buddha, and whose name is Cubricus, ...was flayed with thé sharp end of a cane, so that his tanned skin swings at the gâtes of Ctesiphon." ANTONY has recognised TertulHan, and rushes forward to meet him.
"Help, master ! help!" 8—2 Il6 THE TEMPTATION OF TERTULLIAN, continuing : " Break the images ! Veil the virgins !
Pray, fast, weep, mortify yourselves ! No philosophy ! no books ! After Jésus, science is useless ! " Ail hâve fled ; and Antony sees, instead of Tertullian, a woman seated on a stone bench.
She sobs, her head resting against a pillar, her hair hanging down, and her body wrapped in a long brown simar.
What to read after The Temptation of Saint Antony?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Flaubert Gustave to read onlineMoreLess
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