Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 1Charles Knight Charles Knight, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 266
... walk there was scarce a course of stones laid , while we lived together , over which we did not walk . And he would always climb to the uppermost heights . Much time have we spent there in talking of the work , engines , tackle , & c ...
... walk there was scarce a course of stones laid , while we lived together , over which we did not walk . And he would always climb to the uppermost heights . Much time have we spent there in talking of the work , engines , tackle , & c ...
Page 67
... walking for exercise , would utterly exhaust their powers . The elastic spring , the bright eye , the cheerful glow of ... walk , would have no difficulty in subsequently undergoing much continuous exertion in active play or in dancing ...
... walking for exercise , would utterly exhaust their powers . The elastic spring , the bright eye , the cheerful glow of ... walk , would have no difficulty in subsequently undergoing much continuous exertion in active play or in dancing ...
Page 68
... walk simply for the sake of exercise can never be beneficial . If a person be thoroughly satisfied that exercise is requisite , and perfectly willing or rather desirous to obey the call which demands it , he is , from that very ...
... walk simply for the sake of exercise can never be beneficial . If a person be thoroughly satisfied that exercise is requisite , and perfectly willing or rather desirous to obey the call which demands it , he is , from that very ...
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