Purist
Oh, I am willing enough; only you have not made any solecisms in the usual sense.
Oh, I am willing enough; only you have not made any solecisms in the usual sense.
Lycinus
How about that last? Now watch me well, as you did not get me that time.
How about that last? Now watch me well, as you did not get me that time.
Purist
I cannot say I did.
I cannot say I did.
Lycinus
Now for a rabbit, then; there, that’s him! Has he got by? There he is, that’s him, I tell you. Hims enough to fill a warren, if you don’t wake up.
Now for a rabbit, then; there, that’s him! Has he got by? There he is, that’s him, I tell you. Hims enough to fill a warren, if you don’t wake up.
Purist
Oh, I am wide awake.
Oh, I am wide awake.
Lycinus
Well, they are gone.
Well, they are gone.
Purist
Never!
Never!
Lycinus
The fact is, your too much learning renders you unconscious to solecisms; whatever case I take, it is always the same.
The fact is, your too much learning renders you unconscious to solecisms; whatever case I take, it is always the same.
Soleocista. Lucian. Henry Watson Fowler (Translator), Francis George Fowler (Translator). Medford, MA, USA. 2023-08-01.
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Funding provided by National Endowment for the Humanities.