An Introduction to the Study of Literature for the Use of Secondary And Graded
An Introduction to the Study of Literature for the Use of Secondary And Graded
Edwin Herbert Lewis
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This is your per- petual recreation, which is the least eligible of any for a 25. Here rhetoric is used partly in the old sense — the art of persuasion — and partly in the sense of fine, high-sounding language. THE ATHLETE ^3 sedentary man, because, instead of accelerating the motion of the fluids, the rigid attention it requires helps to retard 5° the circulation and obstruct internal secretions. Wrapt in the speculations of this wretched game, you destroy your constitution. What can be expect...ed from such a course of living, but a body replete with stagnant humors, ready to fall a prey to all kinds of dangerous maladies, if I, 55 the Gout, did not occasionally bring you relief by agitating those humors, and so purifying or dissipating them ? If it was in some nook or alley in Paris, deprived of walks, that you played awhile at chess after dinner, this might be excusable ; but the same taste prevails with you in Passy, 60 Auteuil, Montmartre, or Savoy, — places where there are the finest gardens and walks, a pure air, beautiful women, and most agreeable and instructive conversation; all of which you might enjoy by frequenting the walks.
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