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Account Of An Extraordinary Natural Genius,
losopher , upon which were scattered some pieces of writing paper containing extracts of books , various calculations and geometrical figures ; the books which have been mentioned before were placed on a shelf with the compass and ruler that have been described , which with a wooden square and a pair of six inch globes , constituted the library and musasum of the truly celebrated John Ludwig .
In this hovel he lived till the year 1754 , and while he was pursuing the study of philosophy at his leisure hours , he was indefatigable in his day labour as a poor peasant , sometimes carrying a basket at bis back , and sometimes driving a wheel-barrow , and carrying such garden-stuff " as he had to sell about the village . In this state he was subject to frequent insults , such as "patient merit of the unworth y takes" and he bore them wi
, thout reply or any other mark either of resentment or contempt , when those who could not agree with him about the price of his commodities used to turn from him with an air of superiority , and call him in derision a silly clown and a stupid dog . Mr . "Hoffman , when he dismissed him , presented him with 100
crowns , which filled all his wishes and made him the happiest man in the world ; with this sum he built himself a more commodious , habitation in the middle of his vineyard , and furnished it \ vith many moveables and utensils , of which he was in great want , but above all he procured a very considerable addition to his library , an article so essential to his happiness that he declared to Mr . Hoffman , he . would not accept the whole province in which he lived upon condition that he should renounce his studies , and that he had rather live on bread and
water than withhold from his mind that food which his intellectual hunger perpetually required . - T S
Physiognomical Sketches.
PHYSIOGNOMICAL SKETCHES .
BY E . WILSON , SUNDERLAND .
" The proper study of mankind is man . " ' VtpIS odd—' tis very odd '—says my young friend Frank John-Ji . son , as he came bouncing into my room one ni ght , - that this same art of reading faces is not more comeatable ; yet one truth is clear ; we are all plrysiognomists by Nature , none by art . That
old lady , however , depend upon ic ,. has some secrets behind the curtain which she is determined none shall see . Have not our greatest philosophers been begging , and praying , and peeping , and peering , and prying about , like the arrantest snivellers , for these 3000 years , and not one admitted , not one embrace ? Nay , sooner than indulge their worships with even one glance of her beauties
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Account Of An Extraordinary Natural Genius,
losopher , upon which were scattered some pieces of writing paper containing extracts of books , various calculations and geometrical figures ; the books which have been mentioned before were placed on a shelf with the compass and ruler that have been described , which with a wooden square and a pair of six inch globes , constituted the library and musasum of the truly celebrated John Ludwig .
In this hovel he lived till the year 1754 , and while he was pursuing the study of philosophy at his leisure hours , he was indefatigable in his day labour as a poor peasant , sometimes carrying a basket at bis back , and sometimes driving a wheel-barrow , and carrying such garden-stuff " as he had to sell about the village . In this state he was subject to frequent insults , such as "patient merit of the unworth y takes" and he bore them wi
, thout reply or any other mark either of resentment or contempt , when those who could not agree with him about the price of his commodities used to turn from him with an air of superiority , and call him in derision a silly clown and a stupid dog . Mr . "Hoffman , when he dismissed him , presented him with 100
crowns , which filled all his wishes and made him the happiest man in the world ; with this sum he built himself a more commodious , habitation in the middle of his vineyard , and furnished it \ vith many moveables and utensils , of which he was in great want , but above all he procured a very considerable addition to his library , an article so essential to his happiness that he declared to Mr . Hoffman , he . would not accept the whole province in which he lived upon condition that he should renounce his studies , and that he had rather live on bread and
water than withhold from his mind that food which his intellectual hunger perpetually required . - T S
Physiognomical Sketches.
PHYSIOGNOMICAL SKETCHES .
BY E . WILSON , SUNDERLAND .
" The proper study of mankind is man . " ' VtpIS odd—' tis very odd '—says my young friend Frank John-Ji . son , as he came bouncing into my room one ni ght , - that this same art of reading faces is not more comeatable ; yet one truth is clear ; we are all plrysiognomists by Nature , none by art . That
old lady , however , depend upon ic ,. has some secrets behind the curtain which she is determined none shall see . Have not our greatest philosophers been begging , and praying , and peeping , and peering , and prying about , like the arrantest snivellers , for these 3000 years , and not one admitted , not one embrace ? Nay , sooner than indulge their worships with even one glance of her beauties