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...religion of priests, of the worst form which became no longer vital with the people. A system of religious orders arose regulated by the most strenuous caste laws. In these orders there were four periods; that of the religious student; the householder; the forest hermit; and the wandering beggar. Of these orders the most important were the dualistic Sankhya philosophy, and the monistic, pantheistic Vedanta which recognized one supreme being in the universe of which every man's soul is not a part, but the being itself. All these teachings had the one practical purpose of securing emancipation from...
...less known anecdotes of Johnson makes clear what, in spite of success and reputation and the pleasure of being dictator-or, to use Smollett's word, the great Cham of literature-remained a pervading quality of his great, uncouth, impeded man of genius. He asked an old beggar woman, who accosted him once in the street, who she was, and her reply that she was an old struggler gave the doctor keen delight. Johnson, too, so he rejoined, was an old struggler, and bestowed upon the beggar woman all the money he had in his pockets. And this sense...
...Selection, "Beggar Student," Millocker...
...HUGHES,51 Perkins Hall."Entre Nous" says in Wednesday's Boston Herald: "That Amazon march in the last act of "The Beggar Student" at the Castle Square Theatre is one of agreeable surprise. The admirable marching of these pretty girls really takes one by storm. "She-who-is-to-be-Obeyed" holds her head up like an antelope, and is quite as agile as that beautiful animal. It was observed on the opening night that one of these fair warriors looked like a certain Boston beauty who has achieved some distinction by her capture of foreign celebrities to ornament...
...summer season of comic opera at the Castle Square Theatre began last evening in the most agreeable of comic operas, "The Beggar Student." This is one of a series of light operas which will furnish entertainment during the summer. Miss Eissing, the prima donna, will be well remembered in "Girofle-Girofla," "Ali Baba," and "Sinbad." Miss Mulle-Bell, Miss Gaillard, Miss Rissi, Mr. Wolff, Mr. Seamans, Mr. McWade and Mr. Edgar Seamans, are all comic opera artists of more or less fame...