Pup. It is not profane.

Boy. It is profane.

Pup. It is not profane.

Lan. Well said, confute him with Not, still.”

An imitation of the quarrel between Bacchus and the Frogs in Aristophanes:—

“Χορός.

ἀλλὰ μὴν κεκραξόμεσθά γ',

ὁπόσον ἡ φάρυνξ ἂν ἡμῶν

χανδάνη δι' ἡμέρας,

βρεκεκεκὲξ, κοὰξ, κοὰξ.