. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. * ^.l^Oflfc ill/.to. ARCHIMEDES. ARCHIMEDES 61 AEDEN OF FEVERSHAM Archimedes, Syiaeusan philosopher,who discovered, among other gieat scien-tific facts, the functions of the liver. Thesolution of an abstruse problem having oc-curred to him whUe in the bath, he leapedout of the water, and ran naked throughthe city, shouting, ?^Eureka! Archy MSai-casin [Sir)^ a proud Cal-edonian knight, whose tongue, like the dartof death, spares neither sex nor age. . Hisinsolence of family and licentiousness ofwit gained him the contempt of every one (i.
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. * ^.l^Oflfc ill/.to. ARCHIMEDES. ARCHIMEDES 61 AEDEN OF FEVERSHAM Archimedes, Syiaeusan philosopher,who discovered, among other gieat scien-tific facts, the functions of the liver. Thesolution of an abstruse problem having oc-curred to him whUe in the bath, he leapedout of the water, and ran naked throughthe city, shouting, ?^Eureka! Archy MSai-casin [Sir)^ a proud Cal-edonian knight, whose tongue, like the dartof death, spares neither sex nor age. . Hisinsolence of family and licentiousness ofwit gained him the contempt of every one (i. 1). Sir Archy tells Charlotte, In thehouse of MSarcasm are twa barons, thieeviscounts, six earls, ane marquisate, andtwa dukes, besides baronets and lairds ooto a reckoning (i. 1). He makes love toCharlotte Goodchild, but supposing it tobe true that she has lost her fortune, de-clares to her that he has just received let-ters frae the dukes, the marquis, and athe dignitaries of the family . . expresslyprohibiting his contaminating the blood ofMSarcasm wi onything sp
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