The Tenth Declamation of Pseudo Quintilian a Lecture Delivered in the Hall of
The Tenth Declamation of Pseudo Quintilian a Lecture Delivered in the Hall of
Ellis, Robinson, 1834-1913
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Every time the house lay . Stretched in the sweet forgetfulness of sleep, he was present in such form as friendly gods assume when they offer them- selves to mortal eyes, and with the . Serenest look of a divine being when it allows itself to be seen : just as, when the world of men is silent and the profane have withdrawn from every part of a sacred enclosure, all sanctities in temples or graves are reported to take advantage of the solitude, and come forth from the images which enclose them ;... . So it was that my youthlul visitor played his part of son with each return of darkness and was in free possession of his paternal house and househ(jld gods ; gentle and mild, and smiling favourably on his mother, he seemed like some god or divine being to glide down from the stars, 18 and to come from a region of clear and pure sky. What ouiiht I to imprecate on his most nefarious father? His design was this : we must put the ghost to proof ! C. 15. Pit}' my case, judges, and treat this outrage with the indignation it merits, an outrage more heinous than parri- cide, more lieinous than if he had demolished to its foundations his son's tomb, broken the cinerary urn, and scattered the stones which death had consecrated, and the bones which were reposing in a religious peace.
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