How Long to Read The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader and 36 minutes to read The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories by Logan Pearsall Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...now and then. The old brasses, dating from Gothic times, bore inscriptions in rhyming Latin, that Rutherford read and translated to his companion; there were monuments of a later time, adorned with urns, cherubs, and garlands--old trappings of death that made death itself seem almost quaint and charming. But in the seventeenth century the tranquil records of the scholars' lives were disturbed by echoes of old war and exile. "Reader, look to thy feet! Honest and Loyal men are sleeping under Thee," one inscription ran; and the name of more than one was recorded "who, when Loyalty and the Church fainted, lay down and Died." Other monuments were put up to the memory of young men who had died at College. Well-born and modest, the old Latin described them, and dead, centuries ago, in the flower of their fruitless years. "Vivere dulce fuit!" one of them had complained, as four hundred years before, in florid Latin, he bade farewell to youth and hope. Of another it was quaintly said, " Talis erat vita, qualis stylus, elegans et pura"; while another undergraduate's virtues were recorded in verses ending with the line, "Expertus praedico, tutor eram." Then there was an inscription in English verse, from some Cavalier poet, Rutherford thought, "Him while fresh and fragrant Time Cherisht in his golden prime; Ere Hebe's hand had overlaid His smooth cheeks with downy shade, The rush of Death's unruly wave Swept him off into his grave. Eyes are vocall, teares have tongues, And there be words not made with lungs; Sententious showres: Oh let them fall I Their cadence is rhetoricall." Another of the same date recorded the deeds of the young scholar-soldiers "who, at the news of Battle, ...

How long is The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories?

The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories by Logan Pearsall Smith is 36 pages long, and a total of 9,216 words.

This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 11% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 50 minutes to read The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories?

The Youth of Parnassus, and Other Stories is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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