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Originally Posted by Gettersaga
Nagoyankee, I've given a look at the sentences after this (the Kobutori's story starts again) and I've understood it but this sentence I really can't understand. could you help me, please?
このへんで、日本百科事典でも、ちょっと覗いてみると 、私もたちまち老幼婦女子の尊敬の的たる博学の士に一 変して、（世の物識りというものは、たいていそんなも のである）しさいらしい顔をして、鬼について縷縷千万 言を開陳できるのでもあろうが、
I had understood the previous sentences and after 開陳できるのでもあろうが is repeated a sentence that appeared at the beginning so I know what is written in it. But this part, particularly 私もたちまち老幼婦女子の尊敬の的たる博学の士に一変 して, I can't understand. I've tried but I don't understand it, even because words such as 老幼婦女子 or expressions as 士に一変して, well the truth is that I've not found them in the dictionary.
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たちまち = in no time
老幼婦女子 = a literary expression for "everyone"
尊敬の的 = the target of admiration
たる = an old form of である
博学の士 = a man of erudition, a well-read man
一変する = to turn entirely into something else
私もたちまち老幼婦女子の尊敬の的たる博学の士に一変 して = I, too, would turn into a man of erudition in no time who is the target of everyone's admiration.
I'm certain that you have no problem with 「このへんで、日本百科事典でも、ちょっと覗いてみる と」.
（世の物識りというものは、たいていそんなものである ） means "as I'm sure that all well-read mean are like that." This phrase modifies the rest of the phrase that follows.
しさいらしい顔をして、鬼について縷縷千万言を開陳で きるのでもあろう = I would be able to state openly and fearlessly my views on 'oni' in a highly self-important manner.