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? of A-nu. projected into b<><! ! < II by the reKTes. ive time of b:>ok ill. Both CUIT. . ,t. an include . c:-lIlImes by anticipatKln outside b<><! ! < n. [;is thus Trinan at '69. 20, Patrick ot '71. 33 and Parnell at '73. tl. A i. involved in the o:unc roles at . n8. 26 and 47~j. I4. Swift i. used in roth b<><! ! <. for roth [; and A. For in,nlne<: in ilL I, Ihe Dan <X>tluibutes [0 A . , 41). 03--26, but Swift is aho 'Mr O'Shem the O. . . . p<r' at 421. 25.
If the b<:x,): III A ;' to pu. into the . c: of 11. 4, his appea. . . . nce in III. I should relate to that of. c:, . . it in fact doe? . The 111. 1 A is 'Shaun the Post', the lover of Arrah-na-Pogue in Boucicault',
ploy. The heroine consistently gives ber name to -I in 11. 4, making . c: Shaun by implicaoon. At the end of the chapter (399. 25) -I ,wears hCT affili. a,ion to . c: by the eros. of Cong (Roderick O'Gon""," diM at Cong Abbey). She calls . c:'Midi:, Nidi rh. Mag- go, ()I" IM<IrtwrytmT . . . . . . t is', accu. . . . t. ly defining hi. composition. . Many notebook enlries "",m to empioy . c: as a ,impl. abbrevia_ tion ror 't: and A'. Alternatively we find tru. d" group. of ~ A ond. c: cont. . . . ltM QVer some facet. In VI. B. 17. IOO {or example'[;
j A i . c: jiii', or VI. B. 17. 91'
salt of the earth A [changed from I:J sulphur of the I:
mercury . c:
The tr. o. diti<>nal approprialimls would place salt between sul- phur and mercury, but Joyce'. U"", n<>ted by Mr Athertrut at 261. 25-0," accords moTe with I--Cvi'. lIillbire d. 112 m<iIJ"r' where . ulphur i. spirit, salt matter and mercury the 'plastic mMilror'. We may aoo observe in I<i' U""tild" the equation of mercury with the IIOul, ro", be. ween the polar aspi. . . . tKln. of spirit (1ulphur) and body (salt).
Triad. can be found everywhen: in FWand it i. tempting ro quo? ? Mr BeSI in Uly,. . "
- That'. very interelting becau. . : that brother motive, drut't you know, we find also in the old Iri. h myth? . JUSt what y<>u say. Th~ three brolhen Shakespeare. In Grimm tOO, drut't y<>u know, the rairytales. The third brotber that marries the ,Ieeping beauty ,nd W'inllthe bes, prize.
B. . , of Best brothe". Good, better, best. " """""",, . 7.
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? 91 The Sigl. o of Fi""q<IJU W~U
. . . . . boiI de Jubainville considers duol the common triadic ~tu:m
in Celtic mytholoeY, for e-nmp! e the thrtt $ODO of Danl, 'carnes from "''''' thrtt synonymns 10 ClqI<<$II tIu: . . . . . e mylhlc id""10
TI\n"e . . . . ;. . . :o. bo an Irish pudil<<:rion for . imibr lfOUPinas in 10po,upby. -
I do not propose co ,ive a comprehensive list ofFW triIodJ. The butcher, baoer and andlCSTickmaker, or Pcoter, J o and M m in from Swift'. Tau <>f Q Tub, or numerou' olher threes, lilould be quite evidenl ftom ",,"ual rtadin,. We . hould however take par? licular note of Ihe constellation in 1. 6. 11, w""",, m il Caesar u 11171. 03.
dtrcsrmed by two 'rilicidcs', I: and A. -1 lllen, '/I cleo- patrician in ber own t,&ht tbe " onet complia. le5 Ill. p:>Iilion wlillc Burtus and Cueout Ir. contending for her miINtny by implicating herself willi an elutive Antonius. . . . Thil A. . . oonilll- BulTUl-C. """", lI'Ouptrilod may be . . id co equate the qu,. rIi. equi? . . . lent willi Ibe oldtt oocal! ed /(I/o' on toll. one' (166. }4- 167. oS).
The """. wOOe5sful Or individ""l;ud member of any trium- vinte, Anooni. . . here, il usually . ? . 1"ul '" 1. 1 Hotty is . c, t1anl<Cd by Pcoter Onr. ln and O'Ma. . . 'I"e Latin Iw. ri. , meaning guO-II, or llranitr and enemy, il distuned by Vico" Hi. first citic"! w e " , composed of heroes . . . . d Ihd. 1JU"'1a: 'The oriiinl herein . . t forlh oth_role guctluhed. IlfUI UiJht nn Gn-d< history where il rtlo,C"! ,hal the Sami;ml, Sybarites, Troeunianl, Amphipolitanl, 0Ia1ce- dona. ns, Cnidians and Oians had t:hcir commonw. . llllt cN"II"d from ariswcralic 10 popular by I tnfllCfS-' Thus Holty may pro- voke chanjc by unbalancina III't aris~ric equilibrium. TIte encountcn of m with thO"ft lillie boy! . '" 1. 1 probIbly empl"" " . ( 1:: in foct c . . . . . . . 10 ~ implicaw:! in """I of the assaulll on min book T. He musl however be understood . . diili~ (rom the ,[ of b::>ok It, jusl as the m. of the two . . mont art diltincl. When both I: and " haVt appeared allhe 1. 4 ,rill! over the I1lault. on m, the four junices 'could do no wnnc than promulple their IlIndi", verdict of Nolan' Brumans' (O'n. 36-09). 01), i. e. Bruno ofNola, L
The conflict of . ( with m is nol prominen. in book III ,tid it ishard10distincuish. (InJ'""'h. t<<then:,Wemi&h'~ notice '~ievin' fOldied from Jerry and K" in II stil. l4-7. VI. B. I4-uOS. . . . . . rimposcsala. rle" oniIlmllUCofnllowedby<he
. . ". . . . , HeM d ' _ do 1'. . . . ? '"~. . , In,Jo M;r t t , '--/ <;)<. It, If. R. I. " - (DubI;", GilII9Ol), '''.
. . r. w. JO)'<<, [,;! It N _ " l'J4uo (! 'in< _ ; 6tII . . In, 1>vbIin, Gill 1t9! ;
. . . -prin"'" Y<>rhIIll. , EP I'wblithinl 19"/')'_1. "no. N. . . s. :;. . ,. ofa. . . -,,,. ,,. Vito, >0? ? po. . . . 612.
? words 'either man or mouse (c'_Ben. ,nll thi, a large C endoses a small A, with the caption 'neither fish nor fI. ,1I (n'.
Some triadic SQUTCCS arc far ! C? ? perspicuous than t~. $0 far con. idered. Let us take the 00'" ofN""h. We might make Shem C, fur he i, so named in 1. 7, Ham c. , for he offended hi' father
in otting bim drunt and naked, and I_phet A by elimination. Hence at 3U_3S---ti the ,ailor is ,be 'ham municipaled of Ibe first course'. The hbbali". inlerpre, Noah's drunkenness 0, me re,ull of 'an eJq>Criment, ho. ving ? ? " bim. . ,lf to fatbom . bal ,in wbich had caused Ihe rau of the first man. Hi. inlention was to find a CUTe for the world " in place off. vc and her poilOn" ; but he heco. me drunken by Laying bare the Divine Es? . ;nCe without having the inIellectuall1r<ngth to fathom it. ''' He would thus be in a particu- larly . uS<<prihlc po,ioion in which invasion of hi. privlCY by hi.
Illn would be tantamount to . . ,xual an. d:.
Ther< is less cvidelKC conn<<;ting Iaphet witb A. Iapllel i, ?
diffu. . , figure, whose appearances bave been caCO;logu<:d by Thoma. A_Gowan. "Heis~tprominentin1. 6,who. . ,twelve question. were . . ked by 'Jocki. Mie Ercweak' and answered by 'Shoun Mac lrewid:' (t~6. 04-7). Japhct is here distinct from I:, fOT at ,68. oS-ti the answer contains an appeal to him againn C: 'would mtSClf and Mac Jeffet, four-in-hand, foot bim out?
. . SMI'"W. '? i.
? of A-nu. projected into b<><! ! < II by the reKTes. ive time of b:>ok ill. Both CUIT. . ,t. an include . c:-lIlImes by anticipatKln outside b<><! ! < n. [;is thus Trinan at '69. 20, Patrick ot '71. 33 and Parnell at '73. tl. A i. involved in the o:unc roles at . n8. 26 and 47~j. I4. Swift i. used in roth b<><! ! <. for roth [; and A. For in,nlne<: in ilL I, Ihe Dan <X>tluibutes [0 A . , 41). 03--26, but Swift is aho 'Mr O'Shem the O. . . . p<r' at 421. 25.
If the b<:x,): III A ;' to pu. into the . c: of 11. 4, his appea. . . . nce in III. I should relate to that of. c:, . . it in fact doe? . The 111. 1 A is 'Shaun the Post', the lover of Arrah-na-Pogue in Boucicault',
ploy. The heroine consistently gives ber name to -I in 11. 4, making . c: Shaun by implicaoon. At the end of the chapter (399. 25) -I ,wears hCT affili. a,ion to . c: by the eros. of Cong (Roderick O'Gon""," diM at Cong Abbey). She calls . c:'Midi:, Nidi rh. Mag- go, ()I" IM<IrtwrytmT . . . . . . t is', accu. . . . t. ly defining hi. composition. . Many notebook enlries "",m to empioy . c: as a ,impl. abbrevia_ tion ror 't: and A'. Alternatively we find tru. d" group. of ~ A ond. c: cont. . . . ltM QVer some facet. In VI. B. 17. IOO {or example'[;
j A i . c: jiii', or VI. B. 17. 91'
salt of the earth A [changed from I:J sulphur of the I:
mercury . c:
The tr. o. diti<>nal approprialimls would place salt between sul- phur and mercury, but Joyce'. U"", n<>ted by Mr Athertrut at 261. 25-0," accords moTe with I--Cvi'. lIillbire d. 112 m<iIJ"r' where . ulphur i. spirit, salt matter and mercury the 'plastic mMilror'. We may aoo observe in I<i' U""tild" the equation of mercury with the IIOul, ro", be. ween the polar aspi. . . . tKln. of spirit (1ulphur) and body (salt).
Triad. can be found everywhen: in FWand it i. tempting ro quo? ? Mr BeSI in Uly,. . "
- That'. very interelting becau. . : that brother motive, drut't you know, we find also in the old Iri. h myth? . JUSt what y<>u say. Th~ three brolhen Shakespeare. In Grimm tOO, drut't y<>u know, the rairytales. The third brotber that marries the ,Ieeping beauty ,nd W'inllthe bes, prize.
B. . , of Best brothe". Good, better, best. " """""",, . 7.
" TIN Himo-;, <fMo,ri<, '-'.
" H. P. Bb. . . ,a,. , /", U,. . . ;W 1. )09,
. . ( _ . . . He. od . . tiboo of '960), no.
. c:asUnityandTriod 9'
? 91 The Sigl. o of Fi""q<IJU W~U
. . . . . boiI de Jubainville considers duol the common triadic ~tu:m
in Celtic mytholoeY, for e-nmp! e the thrtt $ODO of Danl, 'carnes from "''''' thrtt synonymns 10 ClqI<<$II tIu: . . . . . e mylhlc id""10
TI\n"e . . . . ;. . . :o. bo an Irish pudil<<:rion for . imibr lfOUPinas in 10po,upby. -
I do not propose co ,ive a comprehensive list ofFW triIodJ. The butcher, baoer and andlCSTickmaker, or Pcoter, J o and M m in from Swift'. Tau <>f Q Tub, or numerou' olher threes, lilould be quite evidenl ftom ",,"ual rtadin,. We . hould however take par? licular note of Ihe constellation in 1. 6. 11, w""",, m il Caesar u 11171. 03.
dtrcsrmed by two 'rilicidcs', I: and A. -1 lllen, '/I cleo- patrician in ber own t,&ht tbe " onet complia. le5 Ill. p:>Iilion wlillc Burtus and Cueout Ir. contending for her miINtny by implicating herself willi an elutive Antonius. . . . Thil A. . . oonilll- BulTUl-C. """", lI'Ouptrilod may be . . id co equate the qu,. rIi. equi? . . . lent willi Ibe oldtt oocal! ed /(I/o' on toll. one' (166. }4- 167. oS).
The """. wOOe5sful Or individ""l;ud member of any trium- vinte, Anooni. . . here, il usually . ? . 1"ul '" 1. 1 Hotty is . c, t1anl<Cd by Pcoter Onr. ln and O'Ma. . . 'I"e Latin Iw. ri. , meaning guO-II, or llranitr and enemy, il distuned by Vico" Hi. first citic"! w e " , composed of heroes . . . . d Ihd. 1JU"'1a: 'The oriiinl herein . . t forlh oth_role guctluhed. IlfUI UiJht nn Gn-d< history where il rtlo,C"! ,hal the Sami;ml, Sybarites, Troeunianl, Amphipolitanl, 0Ia1ce- dona. ns, Cnidians and Oians had t:hcir commonw. . llllt cN"II"d from ariswcralic 10 popular by I tnfllCfS-' Thus Holty may pro- voke chanjc by unbalancina III't aris~ric equilibrium. TIte encountcn of m with thO"ft lillie boy! . '" 1. 1 probIbly empl"" " . ( 1:: in foct c . . . . . . . 10 ~ implicaw:! in """I of the assaulll on min book T. He musl however be understood . . diili~ (rom the ,[ of b::>ok It, jusl as the m. of the two . . mont art diltincl. When both I: and " haVt appeared allhe 1. 4 ,rill! over the I1lault. on m, the four junices 'could do no wnnc than promulple their IlIndi", verdict of Nolan' Brumans' (O'n. 36-09). 01), i. e. Bruno ofNola, L
The conflict of . ( with m is nol prominen. in book III ,tid it ishard10distincuish. (InJ'""'h. t<<then:,Wemi&h'~ notice '~ievin' fOldied from Jerry and K" in II stil. l4-7. VI. B. I4-uOS. . . . . . rimposcsala. rle" oniIlmllUCofnllowedby<he
. . ". . . . , HeM d ' _ do 1'. . . . ? '"~. . , In,Jo M;r t t , '--/ <;)<. It, If. R. I. " - (DubI;", GilII9Ol), '''.
. . r. w. JO)'<<, [,;! It N _ " l'J4uo (! 'in< _ ; 6tII . . In, 1>vbIin, Gill 1t9! ;
. . . -prin"'" Y<>rhIIll. , EP I'wblithinl 19"/')'_1. "no. N. . . s. :;. . ,. ofa. . . -,,,. ,,. Vito, >0? ? po. . . . 612.
? words 'either man or mouse (c'_Ben. ,nll thi, a large C endoses a small A, with the caption 'neither fish nor fI. ,1I (n'.
Some triadic SQUTCCS arc far ! C? ? perspicuous than t~. $0 far con. idered. Let us take the 00'" ofN""h. We might make Shem C, fur he i, so named in 1. 7, Ham c. , for he offended hi' father
in otting bim drunt and naked, and I_phet A by elimination. Hence at 3U_3S---ti the ,ailor is ,be 'ham municipaled of Ibe first course'. The hbbali". inlerpre, Noah's drunkenness 0, me re,ull of 'an eJq>Criment, ho. ving ? ? " bim. . ,lf to fatbom . bal ,in wbich had caused Ihe rau of the first man. Hi. inlention was to find a CUTe for the world " in place off. vc and her poilOn" ; but he heco. me drunken by Laying bare the Divine Es? . ;nCe without having the inIellectuall1r<ngth to fathom it. ''' He would thus be in a particu- larly . uS<<prihlc po,ioion in which invasion of hi. privlCY by hi.
Illn would be tantamount to . . ,xual an. d:.
Ther< is less cvidelKC conn<<;ting Iaphet witb A. Iapllel i, ?
diffu. . , figure, whose appearances bave been caCO;logu<:d by Thoma. A_Gowan. "Heis~tprominentin1. 6,who. . ,twelve question. were . . ked by 'Jocki. Mie Ercweak' and answered by 'Shoun Mac lrewid:' (t~6. 04-7). Japhct is here distinct from I:, fOT at ,68. oS-ti the answer contains an appeal to him againn C: 'would mtSClf and Mac Jeffet, four-in-hand, foot bim out?
