The Life And Times of John Wilkins
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The interest of the book lies inits being the most striking of many proofs of the wide intellectualinterests, the alert and insatiable curiosity, and the extraordinaryindustry of its writer. It has also the pathetic interest of "love'slabour lost, " for who now reads the 'Real Character, ' or who read ittwenty years after Wilkins' death? His name was "writ in water, " for hespent himself on many things, and did little because he did too much.
The "greatest curioso" of his time relieved his toil...s by music. Nowhereare Wood's vanity and self-consciousness shown more vividly than in hisaccount of a musical entertainment given by Wilkins in honour of ThomasBaltzar, "the most famous artist for the violin which the world had yetproduced. The books and instruments were carried thither, " to theWarden's lodgings, "but none could be persuaded there to play againsthim in consort on the violin. At length the company, perceiving A. W. Standing behind in a corner neare the dore, they haled him in amongthem, and play forsooth he must against him: whereupon, he being notable to avoid it, took up a violin, and behaved himself as poor Troylusdid against Achilles.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The interest of the book lies inits being the most striking of many proofs of the wide intellectualinterests, the alert and insatiable curiosity, and the extraordinaryindustry of its writer. It has also the pathetic interest of "love'slabour lost, " for who now reads the 'Real Character, ' or who read ittwenty years after Wilkins' death? His name was "writ in water, " for hespent himself on many things, and did little because he did too much.
The "greatest curioso" of his time relieved his toil...s by music. Nowhereare Wood's vanity and self-consciousness shown more vividly than in hisaccount of a musical entertainment given by Wilkins in honour of ThomasBaltzar, "the most famous artist for the violin which the world had yetproduced. The books and instruments were carried thither, " to theWarden's lodgings, "but none could be persuaded there to play againsthim in consort on the violin. At length the company, perceiving A. W. Standing behind in a corner neare the dore, they haled him in amongthem, and play forsooth he must against him: whereupon, he being notable to avoid it, took up a violin, and behaved himself as poor Troylusdid against Achilles.
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