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Article THE WORRIED BISHOP; ← Page 10 of 10 Article THE " GOLDEN ASS" OF APULEIUS. Page 1 of 9 →
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The Worried Bishop;
" Well , Cecil , " cried the former , " the old story , I presume ; an attempt ancl a defeat ?" " Why , no ! not exactly — here ' s an intimation of your preferment to the living of TingeAvorth ; and under the bishop ' s oxvn hand . "
" What , Tingexvorth , Avith its pretty parsonage ancl fertile garden ? Oh ! I am fortunate * . and I hope thankful—deeply , truly , devoutly thankful !" " Admirable young man ! " cried Mrs . G ., with looks xvonderfully brightened : " I ahvays saicl he Avas full of promise . " " But , Cecil , I OAve this to you in some measure , the bishop
says : pray explain !" "Drone—drone—buzz—buzz —• " returned the young man Avith a Avaggish look ancl hearty laugh : a look and laugh Avhich Gladxvin and his happy Avife only fully comprehended many , many , months after they hacl taken possession of their neAV home .
The " Golden Ass" Of Apuleius.
THE " GOLDEN ASS" OF APULEIUS .
" ANTIQUITY , " says Bishop Warburton , " considered initiation into the mysteries as a delivery from a living death of vice , brutality , and misery ; and the beginning of a nexv life of virtue , reason , and happiness . " * It is to illustrate these truths , as exemplified in the connection of Freemasonry xvith ancient theories respecting the effects of initiationthat I purpose
pre-, senting the reader xxith a brief analysis of the admirable fiction xvhose title heads this article , and bringing forward such passages as , xiewed merely as matters of coincidence , cannot but strike the attention of those interested in the present rituals of the Craft .
The AA'ork of Apxdeius is partly , if not AA'holly , of Greek origin . Lucius of Patra * s Avas the founder of the fable , which has formed trie groundAvork of a clever , but coarse , abridgment by Lucian , ancl of a far superior novel by our author . I am justified in speaking of the " Metamorphoses , " or , as from their entertaining character they were popularly called , the " Golden Ass" of Apuleius , as a " novelist" par excellence ; for , to say
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Worried Bishop;
" Well , Cecil , " cried the former , " the old story , I presume ; an attempt ancl a defeat ?" " Why , no ! not exactly — here ' s an intimation of your preferment to the living of TingeAvorth ; and under the bishop ' s oxvn hand . "
" What , Tingexvorth , Avith its pretty parsonage ancl fertile garden ? Oh ! I am fortunate * . and I hope thankful—deeply , truly , devoutly thankful !" " Admirable young man ! " cried Mrs . G ., with looks xvonderfully brightened : " I ahvays saicl he Avas full of promise . " " But , Cecil , I OAve this to you in some measure , the bishop
says : pray explain !" "Drone—drone—buzz—buzz —• " returned the young man Avith a Avaggish look ancl hearty laugh : a look and laugh Avhich Gladxvin and his happy Avife only fully comprehended many , many , months after they hacl taken possession of their neAV home .
The " Golden Ass" Of Apuleius.
THE " GOLDEN ASS" OF APULEIUS .
" ANTIQUITY , " says Bishop Warburton , " considered initiation into the mysteries as a delivery from a living death of vice , brutality , and misery ; and the beginning of a nexv life of virtue , reason , and happiness . " * It is to illustrate these truths , as exemplified in the connection of Freemasonry xvith ancient theories respecting the effects of initiationthat I purpose
pre-, senting the reader xxith a brief analysis of the admirable fiction xvhose title heads this article , and bringing forward such passages as , xiewed merely as matters of coincidence , cannot but strike the attention of those interested in the present rituals of the Craft .
The AA'ork of Apxdeius is partly , if not AA'holly , of Greek origin . Lucius of Patra * s Avas the founder of the fable , which has formed trie groundAvork of a clever , but coarse , abridgment by Lucian , ancl of a far superior novel by our author . I am justified in speaking of the " Metamorphoses , " or , as from their entertaining character they were popularly called , the " Golden Ass" of Apuleius , as a " novelist" par excellence ; for , to say