Excerpt from The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookman Frere in Verse and Prose, Vol. 3: Translations From Aristophanes and Theognis Shamartabas, commissioned to declare His Majesty's inten tion to the people of Athens. Shamartabas holds the dis tinguished office and title of the King's Eye: of course the mask which is assigned him is distinguished by an Eye of enormous size, the appearance of which and the gravity of gesture suited to such an exalted personage excite the rustic republican spleen of honest Dicazopolis ...
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Excerpt from The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookman Frere in Verse and Prose, Vol. 3: Translations From Aristophanes and Theognis Shamartabas, commissioned to declare His Majesty's inten tion to the people of Athens. Shamartabas holds the dis tinguished office and title of the King's Eye: of course the mask which is assigned him is distinguished by an Eye of enormous size, the appearance of which and the gravity of gesture suited to such an exalted personage excite the rustic republican spleen of honest Dicazopolis. The communications of the great Persian Courtier, being in his own language and consequently unintelligible, are variously interpreted. Dicazopolis takes upon himself to question him peremptorily, and in the course of the examination discovers a couple of efi'eminate Athenian fops, disguised as Eunuchs, in his train; this discovery however creates no sensation. - The King's Eye is invited with the usual honours to a Banquet in the Prytaneum; but when Dicwopolis sees these impos tors and enemies of his country, upon the point of being rewarded with a good dinner, the indignation which is excited in his independent spirit, 'decides at once his future destinies and the conduct of all the scenes which follow. In that tone which a person is apt to employ when he fancies that the zeal of his friends gives him a right to command their services, he calls out very peremptorily for Amphitheus, and without any preamble or prefatory request, directs him to proceed to Sparta without loss of time, and to conclude a separate peace for him (dicaeopolis), his wife and family, advancing to him at the same time the principal sum of eight drachmas for that purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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