Comedies by Holberg: Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus, Випуск 177930

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Сторінка iii - Secretary of the Foundation SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS I. Comedies by Holberg: Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Translated by OSCAR JAMES CAMPBELL, JR., and FREDERIC SCHENCK Price $2.00 II.
Сторінка 127 - I can hold my own; and if he wants to have a singing match with me, he will get the worst of it. I once had a singing contest with ten deacons and beat every one of them, for I outsang them in the Credo, all ten of them. Ten years ago I was offered the position of choirmaster in Our Lady's School, but I did n't want it.
Сторінка 168 - You scholars spend the time disputing whether the earth is round, square, or eightcornered, and we study how to keep the earth in repair. Does Mossur see now that our studies are more useful and important than his, and, therefore, Niels Christensen is the most learned man here in the village, because he has improved his farm so that an...
Сторінка 152 - JERONIMUS. The deuce it is the truth! Such a notion can't possibly come from anywhere but from the devil, who is the father of lies. I am sure there is n'ta single man here in the village who would not condemn such an opinion. Just ask the Bailiff, who is an intelligent man, if he does not agree with me. JESPER. It is really all one to me whether it is oblong or round; but I must believe my own eyes, which show me that the earth is as flat as a pancake. MONTANUS. It is all one to me, too, what the...
Сторінка 144 - ... philosophy, he attacks my honor. I am fond of Mademoiselle Lisbed, but my Metaphysica and my Logica have priority. Nille. Oh, my dear son, what did I hear? Are you engaged to two other girls in Copenhagen ? That will be a bad business in the matrimonial courts. Montanus. You don't understand me; I didn't mean it in that way. They are not two girls, but two sciences. Nille. Oh, that is another matter. But here comes the bailiff. Don't be angry any more. Montanus. I can't be angry with him, for...
Сторінка 50 - The scepter of dominion as soon becomes a scourge. Let once despotic power drive justice from the realm, In every peaceful hamlet a Nero grasps the helm. Could Phalaris or Caius in days of yore have been More merciless a tyrant than him we here have seen? Before the seat of justice had time his warmth...
Сторінка 29 - ... you have been diligent in your office, as your solid silver buttons plainly show. What wages do you get? Bailiff. Fifty rix-dollars a year. Jeppe (gets up and walks to and fro). Fifty? You surely shall be hanged. Bailiff. It couldn't well be less, my lord, for a whole year's hard work. Jeppe. That's just the reason you are to be hanged — because you only get fifty rix-dollars. You have money enough for a coat with silver buttons, frills at your wrists, and a silk queue for your hair — and...
Сторінка 31 - JEPPE. Here! Bring her a chair; she shall eat with me. [She sits at the table, and eats and drinks with him. He becomes jealous of the Secretary.] You'll get into trouble, if you look at her like that. [Whenever he looks at the Secretary, the Secretary takes his eyes off the woman and gazes at the floor. Jeppe sings an old love-ballad as he sits at the table with her. He orders a polka to be played and dances with her, but he is so drunk that...
Сторінка 148 - ... wonderful thing! Boys in the second class can do that to-day. Nowadays there are graduates from the schools in Copenhagen who can write Hebrew and Chaldean verse, PEER. Then they can't know much Latin. MONTANUS. Latin! If you went to school now, you couldn't get above the bottom class. JESPER. Don't say that, Montanus. The deacon is, I know, a thoroughly educated man; that I have heard both the district bailiff and the tax-collector say. MONTANUS. Perhaps they understand Latin just as little...

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