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Literary
August 3, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A miser dies and arrives at the River Styx, refusing to pay Charon by swimming across instead. This upsets the underworld, leading judges to devise a fitting punishment: sending him back to earth to witness his heirs wasting his fortune.
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The Miser.
A miser being dead, and fairly interred, came to the banks of the river Styx, desiring to be ferried over, along with the other ghosts. Charon demands his fare, and is surprised to see the miser rather than pay it throw himself into the river and swim over to the other side, notwithstanding all the clamour and opposition that could be made to him. All hell was in an uproar; and each of the judges was meditating some punishment suitable to a crime of such dangerous consequence to the infernal revenues. "Shall he be chained to the rock along with Prometheus? Or tremble below the precipice in company with the Danaides? Or assist Sisyphus in rolling his stone?" No, (says Minos) none of these, we must invent some severer punishment. Let him be sent back to the earth, to see the use his heirs are making of his riches."
A miser being dead, and fairly interred, came to the banks of the river Styx, desiring to be ferried over, along with the other ghosts. Charon demands his fare, and is surprised to see the miser rather than pay it throw himself into the river and swim over to the other side, notwithstanding all the clamour and opposition that could be made to him. All hell was in an uproar; and each of the judges was meditating some punishment suitable to a crime of such dangerous consequence to the infernal revenues. "Shall he be chained to the rock along with Prometheus? Or tremble below the precipice in company with the Danaides? Or assist Sisyphus in rolling his stone?" No, (says Minos) none of these, we must invent some severer punishment. Let him be sent back to the earth, to see the use his heirs are making of his riches."
What sub-type of article is it?
Fable
Prose Fiction
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Death Mortality
What keywords are associated?
Miser
Stxy
Charon
Punishment
Greed
Heirs
Riches
Infernal Revenues
Literary Details
Title
The Miser.
Key Lines
" Shall He Be Chained To The Rock Along With Prometheus ? Or Tremble Below The Precipice In Company With The Danaides ? Or Assist Sisyphus In Rolling His Stone ?"
No, ( Says Minos) None Of These, We Must Invent Some Severer Punishment. Let Him Be Sent Back To The Earth, To See The Use His Heirs Are Making Of His Riches.