© Gunnar Tómasson 7 September 2016 I. Samuel Johnson – Preface to Shakespeare (First paragraph, 1765) 221814 24023 = That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, 28761 = and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, 26108 = is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, […]
© Gunnar Tómasso 6 September 2016 I. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras (Introduction – Short version) 226470 22581 = I Hope the Reader will forgive the Liberty I have taken 22037 = in Translating these Verses somewhat at large, 27002 = without which it would have been almost impossible 29373 = to have […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 September 2016 I. Francis Bacon – Of Truth (Essayes, 1625) 1927965 33294 = What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an Answer. 18074 = Certainly there be, that delight in Giddinesse 13235 = And count it a Bondage, to fix a Beleefe; 22340 = Affecting Free-will […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 September 2016 I. Gylfaginning Omega – Alpha Shakespeare (Gylfaginning, Ch. 54, I of II paragaphs) 511378 14393 = Því næst heyrði Gangleri dyni mikla 16178 = hvern veg frá sér ok leit út á hlið sér. 27381 = Ok þá er hann sést meir um, þá stendr hann úti á […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3 September 2016 *** Sweet Swan of Avon = 10805 1000 = Light of the World 5915 = Blóð Krists – Christ’s Blood 3890 = Christ 10805 *** I. Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare. (Ben Jonson, First folio, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2 September 2016 Foreword This evening Iceland‘s National Symphony opened its 2016-17 season at the Harpa Concert Hall with a program of the ten pieces of classical music rated as popular favorites in a national internet vote. The program concluded with three large choirs joining the National Symphony and several of Iceland‘s […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2 September 2016 I. Laying The Foundations (Matt.16:13-23, King James Bible 1611) 590833 Incarnation 1000 = Light of the World -4000 = Dark Sword – Brute Conversion 23675 = When Iesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, 11616 = he asked his disciples, saying, 17235 = Whom doe men […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 1 September 2016 I. Alias William Shakespeare – Cipher Clue # 1 (Dedication of Venus and Adonis, 1593) A Ovid‘s text 20165 = Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus Apollo 16408 = Pocula Castalia plena ministret. 36573 As in: 6149 = Edward de Vere -10 = Murdered Father – 10 as in […]