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ITHE TOMAHAWK: I A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF S...
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No. 14.] LONDON, AUGUST 10, 1867. [Price...
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PELECHUS.—A PLATONIC FRAGMENT. !
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PELECHUS—SOCRATES. terday Pel. in What t...
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THE DAY OF KNIGHTS.
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We understand that the following gentlem...
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A Cockney Paradox.—Whalley's ot no ivall...
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Ithe Tomahawk: I A Saturday Journal Of S...
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No. 14.] London, August 10, 1867. [Price...
No . 14 . ] LONDON , AUGUST 10 , 1867 . [ Price Twopence .
Pelechus.—A Platonic Fragment. !
PELECHUS . —A PLATONIC FRAGMENT . !
Pelechus—Socrates. Terday Pel. In What T...
PELECHUS—SOCRATES . terday Pel . in What the Lyceum was that ? , Socrates I -would , which fain have you approached were reading you yes at - that whose time to enquire I did not , but care you to were incur surrounded . by philosophers , Soc . anger I was reading the works of one Theodorus , a foreigner , " country On the where Divinity the which crown Hedges is an embodied a King , " and princi , of a le truth it is , in the a
duty of every individual to see that it ' s sanctity is unsullied p , , and to protect the purity of it ' s position . Pel . It appears so . Soc . Had any person asked you what approached nearest to the Pel idea . I should of Deity of on a eart truth h , . would you not say a king ? i I Soc . And would , you not say that divinity raised a barrier
1 round Pel . the Certainl throne . , which the people should respect 2 y Soc . And has not the throne equal obligations on it's own ' side to ward off the dishonour of misinterpretation 2 j j Pel * Soc —f \ sv * . . m I But J ^ think Ub Majesty ¦ LiAUj so d ^ , Socrates T may ** S . «* . T happen * J *** . . j-r * jr ^^*« . to « . ^_ r open ^ v ^» -r ^> ' - *> ' > a u > breach w a ^^ bV ^^ JLA in MUM . that WXJLCH wall VTClll 1 the meanest ^ bbe ht into familiar
whereby passer-y may broug contact with what should ever have been to him sealed and sacred . Pel Soc . . But I should is not hope the king so ; l but y heart by the also gods human , do , you Socrates tell me ? that j royalty daws to should peck at wear ? So it ' s the heart details on it of ' s robe a king for l eag y grief les to should tear , and not be made familiar lest the
I into contempt ; for to fools the love subjec to t rush , in and sufferer stare be where broug the ht messengers of the gods would fear to tread . Phidias , , who has ¦ remain produced the works joy of so all conspicuousl ages , has said y beautiful , that at , an that elevated his statues position will I I that statues the to sam be e seen may from appear below symmetrical are necessarily . It out is evident of proportion , then , that ^ ~* ~ v ^ these » » t works v v mr owk of mm » art ww » r must 9 m ^ U ^ tft not m be r taken w ¦ vh ^» ^ mw ^ « down ~^ v ^^ v v m » fro mm mv mh m ma their mf Mi mf & m ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^*^^ ^* ^ ^^^^ ^**^ ^* ^ ^ ^^* ^^ ^^ .
fault pinnacles s where to beauty be admired still exists : for , when the critical seen from eye would the right onl p y lace see . household So parents , , lose if the the y derogate respect from of their their children position . as So rule , when rs of the the I wife aloud of the Gorg letters ias went she had into received the offices in her of youth her , slaves there , was and p read ity , it is true ; but the dignity of her position was for ever gone . I has Her not slaves been were able made to keep familiar them in with her her house weaknesses since . , and she
joy Pel or . grief But ? should a Icing then conceal his hopes and fears , his i Soc . Not so , by Zeus ! though the Deity has elected him to I the care and love of his people above all , as nearest to him in his divine attributes on earth ; so no private joy or grief should come — " ^ " - ^^ ^ -mw b w ^ rr etween ^ m' ^ » » - ^^ - ^^ - ^ *™ his ^~ ^^ m-w ^ r soverei " ^^^ ^^^ » ^^^ ¦ " ¦ ' ^¦^ wHh gn ^^^» - interest ^™^^ ^ - ^^^ h - ^^ -a ^ r m * in ^^ ^ ' ^ his ^^^ . mw ^ m * subjects - ^^ -mrm wmr m -v ^> vp mr ^ m < ^ and mr ^ r ^ mwm -mrmi their mjmMma ^^ 0 ^ ^^
necessities . bouring Pel . I land have once heard entered , Socrates the , circus that an to Emperor compete with of some the nei public ghgladiators . that Soc such . It a is desire not unreasonable might arise , my in the very breast good friend otherwise , to suppose human ,
Pelechus—Socrates. Terday Pel. In What T...
of any man in a position of authority , but it is a temptation to be resisted . For is it not better far thus to show that he is capable of struggling with the temptations of vanity , than to risk the honour of his crown in publishing his weaknesses to raise raise the crowd a a roar roar ? of of and praise praise thoug at at h the the thousands sight sight of of of the the slavish imperial imDerial throats efforts efforts , mi there there ght
would still be some honest philosophers who would sigh , to see their the dignity schools of that their no ruler plebeian compromised vanity should , and would lead the proclaim head of in a great nation to forget that his divinity should raise him above resist the pry the ing attacks curiosity to which of the the vulgar petty herd detail . s No of worshi a hero p 's would childwell well hood wisdom aware aware would allows that that leave us the the but an greatest greatest opening a glimpse of of ; all all and of the creeds creeds the earl Supreme would would y history be be Deity of profaned nrofaned the in gods his . if if ,
thereof the divine . If element , then , such yielded reticence to the is human necessary , in for the a propagation Deity , how , much whose more youthful is it indiscretions incumbent on are a as king those who of is the but youth mortal of , and all classes , and who is liable to plebeian weaknesses as one of us ! throne How mu and ch crown more ! should he be jealous of the honour of his Soc Pel . . You From seem this to reasoning me , Socrates it , to speak that most it excellentl is unwise y . for
Royalty to be the first to hel , p the appears common mind to cross the following gulf which this separates out I set the about throne searching from the first subject for wisdom ; and j , for in , that Theodoru , of all s virtues saith , " for the the King philosop can do her no , prudence wrong . " is But the I greatest assert , to and hasten most elsewhere difficult to . practise . It is now time , Pelechus , for me
The Day Of Knights.
THE DAY OF KNIGHTS .
We Understand That The Following Gentlem...
We understand that the following gentlemen and noblemen are about to receive the honour of knighthood . visit 1 . to The Wimbledon Toll-taker . of Putney Brid ge , in honour of the Sultan ' s recognition 2 . The JLord ( of course Mayor ) { of baronetcy the Luncheon ) and Sheriffs given to ( kni the g Bel ht'Jiood gians ) . in
of 3 the . The visit JBttn of the Merchajit Viceroy of to tJte the Zoological Sunday Zoo Gardens . , in honour . 4 . The Field Marshals attached to the Alhambra Music ! Hall establishment , in commemoration . of the Belgians' visit to that popular j the We following have also distinguished much pleasure individuals in announcing have been our selected belief that by ¦ the illustrious guests who have just left us for the honours we :
are about to specify . ; 1 . The Ma < ce Bearer of ttie Lord Mayor . The title of Due pension from the of Bel . £ 4 g , 000 ians a , the year rank from , of the P Viceroy asha from of the Egypt Sultan . , and a I 2 . The Beadle of the llurlington Arcade— . A Lieutenant-( Colonelcy 2 nd cJass ) in of the the Garde Mejendi Civi from que , from the Sultan the Bel , and gians a , bit the of order the I of Pyramids E " £ ) -pt , and a fine assortment of mummies from the Viceroy !
A Cockney Paradox.—Whalley's Ot No Ivall...
A Cockney Paradox . —Whalley's ot no ivalley ( value ?) .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Aug. 10, 1867, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_10081867/page/1/
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