Theodore Cyphon: Or, The Benevolent Jew. A Novel ...B. Crosby, 1796 |
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Pàgina 111 - ... Eve that there was a possibility she should ever become the wife of Theodore, that the unattainability of the object might blunt or destroy the ardour of hope : for however he might have wished for such a character (so far as observation could judge) as his son-in-law, under the present circumstances he could not have allowed it, had even the affections of Theodore been placed upon her, which he believed was far from the case, as the observation he had made when he entered his chamber abruptly,...
Pàgina 111 - ... of the Talmud and Mosaic law, he was without those prejudices that attend on superstition. He saw clearly that, when those precepts were first instituted, they were designed as a prevention of communication between the Israelite and Heathen, lest by the influence and interchange of the softer sex, they might be led into the practice of idolatry. Yet now, taking up the argument in a religious way, the danger existed no longer ; both Jew and Christian agreeing in the chief article of worship, though...
Pàgina 44 - One is reminded of modern munitions inquiries by a passage in George Walker's Theodore Cyphon (1796) : Theodore had been adjusting an account of gunpowder and bullets, privately sold in Canada to some Indian chiefs, and lamenting the savage state of our nature, the horrors of war, and the attending train of human calamity, till his mind overflowed with pity at our delusions, and with grief, that those delusions must continue till man is no longer man.177 Here again is one of the rare signs of an...
Pàgina 111 - ... of neither can comprehend. In a civil light, man was created for the society of man. The distinction of kingdom and people was childish, and fit only to insult the understanding. But whilst he indulged himself in these speculations, he avoided hinting to Eve that there was a possibility she should ever become the wife of Theodore, that the unattainability of the object might blunt or destroy the ardour of hope: for however he might have wished for such a character (so far as observation could...
Pàgina 110 - ... useful to note an equally striking contrast. On pages 110-112 of Theodore Cyphon occurs the passage: " His chief concern was for Eve, whom he saw, notwithstanding Theodore's supposed engagements, and the restrictions of religion, still encourage sentiments which sapped the foundation of her happiness, and which no expedient offered to remove, but by parting with its object, or suffering their marriage spite of religion and law. " Though a Jew, skilled in the learning of the Talmud and Mosaic...
Pàgina 237 - But ah ! ye maids, some pity give To her whom softness led astray, And by a silent tear, relieve The breast where many sorrows layAnd 0, ye fates ! tho...