Discourses on Practical Physic: I. On Physical Disease from Mental Strain. II. On Research in Medicine. III. On Intermittent Pulse and Palpitation |
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Add to these things this responsibility , that the labour done is for others and is
open to the criticism of circles of people who knowing nothing of the difficulties ,
are consistent in the belief , thatif they had had the management they could have
...
Add to these things this responsibility , that the labour done is for others and is
open to the criticism of circles of people who knowing nothing of the difficulties ,
are consistent in the belief , thatif they had had the management they could have
...
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Exceptions must of course be made for those who suffer from pecuniary
difficulties , who labour for the mere means of existence , and are obliged , in the
studio , to conjure up subjects for the pencil from the worn out recollections of the
past .
Exceptions must of course be made for those who suffer from pecuniary
difficulties , who labour for the mere means of existence , and are obliged , in the
studio , to conjure up subjects for the pencil from the worn out recollections of the
past .
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A man in the studio can labour at works of art calmly and quietly , thinking
deliberately as he touches the inanimate canvas , of what can be said of the
result . But this is very different from the art in which the man transforms his own
body into ...
A man in the studio can labour at works of art calmly and quietly , thinking
deliberately as he touches the inanimate canvas , of what can be said of the
result . But this is very different from the art in which the man transforms his own
body into ...
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Take the play of “ Othello , " for instance , as indicating the character of the labour
that is required of the actor . The mere effort of speaking such a play well is
beyond the reach of ninety - nine men out of a hundred ; but add to the speech
the ...
Take the play of “ Othello , " for instance , as indicating the character of the labour
that is required of the actor . The mere effort of speaking such a play well is
beyond the reach of ninety - nine men out of a hundred ; but add to the speech
the ...
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Whenever sensations thus excited lead the actor , unfortunately , to resort to the
use of stimulants ; when without a stimulant he is unable to meet his audience , or
to recover from his labour , he is beginning to suffer from a second destruction ...
Whenever sensations thus excited lead the actor , unfortunately , to resort to the
use of stimulants ; when without a stimulant he is unable to meet his audience , or
to recover from his labour , he is beginning to suffer from a second destruction ...
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| Title | Discourses on Practical Physic: I. On Physical Disease from Mental Strain. II. On Research in Medicine. III. On Intermittent Pulse and Palpitation |
| Author | Benjamin Ward Richardson |
| Publisher | J. & A. Churchill, 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 93 pages |
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