One is accompanied by the following inscription, being two
lines (Hexameter and Pentameter) broken into halves:--
"Vive, bibe, obgregare, memor
Fausti hujus et hujus
P?
lines (Hexameter and Pentameter) broken into halves:--
"Vive, bibe, obgregare, memor
Fausti hujus et hujus
P?
Faust, a Tragedy by Goethe
" The four represent the spirits of the
four elements, fire, water, air, and earth, which Faust successively
conjures, so that, if the monster belongs in any respect to this mundane
sphere, he may be exorcized. But it turns out that he is beyond and
beneath all. ]
[Footnote 13: Here, of course, Faust makes the sign of the cross, or holds
out a crucifix. ]
[Footnote 14: "Fly-God," _i. e. _ Beelzebub. ]
[Footnote 15: The "Drudenfuss," or pentagram, was a pentagonal figure
composed of three triangles, thus:
[Illustration]
[Footnote 16: Doctor's Feast. The inaugural feast given at taking a
degree. ]
[Footnote 17: "Blood. " When at the first invention of printing, the art
was ascribed to the devil, the illuminated red ink parts were said by the
people to be done in blood. ]
[Footnote 18: "The Spanish boot" was an instrument of torture, like the
Scottish boot mentioned in Old Mortality. ]
[Footnote 19: "Encheiresin Naturae. " Literally, a handling of nature. ]
[Footnote 20: Still a famous place of public resort and entertainment. On
the wall are two old paintings of Faust's carousal and his ride out of the
door on a cask.
One is accompanied by the following inscription, being two
lines (Hexameter and Pentameter) broken into halves:--
"Vive, bibe, obgregare, memor
Fausti hujus et hujus
P? nae. Aderat clauda haec,
Ast erat ampla gradu. 1525. "
"Live, drink, be merry, remembering
This Faust and his
Punishment. It came slowly
But was in ample measure. "]
[Footnote 21:_Frosch, Brander_, &c. These names seem to be chosen with an
eye to adaptation, Frosch meaning frog, and Brander fireship. "Frog"
happens also to be the nickname the students give to a pupil of the
gymnasium, or school preparatory to the university. ]
[Footnote 22: Rippach is a village near Leipsic, and Mr. Hans was a
fictitious personage about whom the students used to quiz greenhorns. ]
[Footnote 23: The original means literally _sea-cat_. Retzsch says, it is
the little ring-tailed monkey. ]
[Footnote 24: One-time-one, _i. e. _ multiplication-table.
four elements, fire, water, air, and earth, which Faust successively
conjures, so that, if the monster belongs in any respect to this mundane
sphere, he may be exorcized. But it turns out that he is beyond and
beneath all. ]
[Footnote 13: Here, of course, Faust makes the sign of the cross, or holds
out a crucifix. ]
[Footnote 14: "Fly-God," _i. e. _ Beelzebub. ]
[Footnote 15: The "Drudenfuss," or pentagram, was a pentagonal figure
composed of three triangles, thus:
[Illustration]
[Footnote 16: Doctor's Feast. The inaugural feast given at taking a
degree. ]
[Footnote 17: "Blood. " When at the first invention of printing, the art
was ascribed to the devil, the illuminated red ink parts were said by the
people to be done in blood. ]
[Footnote 18: "The Spanish boot" was an instrument of torture, like the
Scottish boot mentioned in Old Mortality. ]
[Footnote 19: "Encheiresin Naturae. " Literally, a handling of nature. ]
[Footnote 20: Still a famous place of public resort and entertainment. On
the wall are two old paintings of Faust's carousal and his ride out of the
door on a cask.
One is accompanied by the following inscription, being two
lines (Hexameter and Pentameter) broken into halves:--
"Vive, bibe, obgregare, memor
Fausti hujus et hujus
P? nae. Aderat clauda haec,
Ast erat ampla gradu. 1525. "
"Live, drink, be merry, remembering
This Faust and his
Punishment. It came slowly
But was in ample measure. "]
[Footnote 21:_Frosch, Brander_, &c. These names seem to be chosen with an
eye to adaptation, Frosch meaning frog, and Brander fireship. "Frog"
happens also to be the nickname the students give to a pupil of the
gymnasium, or school preparatory to the university. ]
[Footnote 22: Rippach is a village near Leipsic, and Mr. Hans was a
fictitious personage about whom the students used to quiz greenhorns. ]
[Footnote 23: The original means literally _sea-cat_. Retzsch says, it is
the little ring-tailed monkey. ]
[Footnote 24: One-time-one, _i. e. _ multiplication-table.
