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Manilio, who is a wit when he is not at cards, was in such a rage that he revoked when he heard it. "Jocasta was an angel visiting the waters; but at which of the Bethesdas? She was puzzled more and more; and, as her way always is, looked the more innocent and simple, the more artful her intentions were. "'We were discoursing, says she, 'about spelling of names and words when you came.
From the Tagus to the Thames the Government sloop-of-war, Jocasta, had made a prosperous voyage, bearing that precious freight, a removed diplomatist and his family; for whose uses let a sufficient vindication be found in the exercise he affords our crews in the science of seamanship. She entered our noble river somewhat early on a fine July morning.
While he remained ignorant of the facts Œdipus was very happy and reigned in great power and glory; but when pestilence fell upon the land and he discovered the truth of the almost forgotten oracle, he was very miserable, and in the madness of grief put out his own eyes. Jocasta, when she learned that Œdipus was really her son, was so filled with horror and distress that she took her own life.
'A gentleman who speaks so, sir, said a volunteer mimic of the office, crowing and questioning from his throat in Goren's manner. 'Yok! yok! That was how he spoke, sir. Evan reddened, for it brought the scene on board the Jocasta vividly to his mind. The heavier business obliterated it.
Jocasta put an end to her own life, and OEdipus, seized with madness, tore out his eyes and wandered away from Thebes, dreaded and abandoned by all except his daughters, who faithfully adhered to him, till after a tedious period of miserable wandering he found the termination of his wretched life.
I have no eyes but for you. Camilla hath as good a curtsy perhaps, and Thalestris much such another look; but the glance and the curtsy together belong to Jocasta of all the English beauties alone. "'Welcome to London, sir, says she.
Aristides was breathless with eagerness, and Caesar, snatching the tablets impatiently from his hand, read the following lines: "Wanton, I say, is this dam of irreconcilable brothers!" "Mean you Jocasta?" "Nay, worse Julia, the wife of Severus." "The worst of all but the last!" Caracalla snarled, as, turning pale, he laid the tablets down.
When OEdipus heard all this, he was driven almost mad with despair; for now he knew not only that he had murdered his father and married his mother, but that it was on his account that the plague had caused the death of so many people in Thebes. In her horror and grief at this discovery, Queen Jocasta killed herself.
So Œdipus, being very bold, and also ready of wit, went forth to meet the monster. And when she saw him she spake, saying: And when the Sphinx found that her riddle was answered she cast herself from a high rock and perished. As a reward Œdipus received the great kingdom of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen Jocasta in marriage.
In Portugal Evan's half insinuations had given her small suspicions, which the scene on board the Jocasta had half confirmed: and since she came to communicate with her own mind, she bore the attack of all that rose against him, bit by bit. She had not been too blind to see the unpleasantness of the fresh facts revealed to her.
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