Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-09
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Among the Jesuits il was standing rule Of the
order, that after an application to study Tor two
hours, the MAD uf the student should De nnnent
by some relaxation, however trihlng. When
Petavious was employed 10 his sDosmAta ineo- !
Logical, work Of the most profound and ex-
tensive erudition. the great recreation OF tne
learned father was at the end oil every second
hour, to twirI his chair for five minutes. After
pro,racted studies Spinosa would mix with the
tamily party where he lodged, and Ioia IN me
most trivial conversations. or unbend his mino oy
setting spiders to fight each other; he observed
their. cam6ats with so muchfaterest. that ne was
often seized with ,mmoderate fits Of laughter
A continuity Of labor deadens the soul. observes
Seneca. in closing his treatise OH the Tran
guilty of the SOUL, and the mind must unbend
itself by certain amusements. Socrates did not
blush to play with children; Cato. over his bottle
found en- alienation from the fatgues OF govern
sment; circumstance, he says in his manner,
which rather gives honor to this defect, than the
defect dishon0rs Cato. Some men Of letters
p0rtioned out their day between repose and Ia
bor. Assinius Polio would not suffer any busl
ness to occupy him beyond stated hour; after
that time he would not allow any letter to be
opened during his hours Of relaxation. that they
might not be interrupted by unforeseen labors. -
In the Senate, after the tenth hour, IL was not al
lowed to make any new motion
Tycho Brahe diverted himself with polishing
glasses of all kinds of spectacles. and making
-mathematcal Instruments; an amusement too
closely connected with his studies to be deemed
as one.
D'AndiIly. the translator Of Josephus, after
seven or eight hours of study every day, amused
himself in cultivat,ng trees; Barclay, the author
of the Arsenis, in his leisure hours was florist;
Ralzac amused himself with collection of cray
on portraits; Peiresc found his amusement
amongst his. medals ard antiquarian curiosities;
the Able de Maroes with his prints; and Poli-
tan in singing airs tohis Lutte. DESCRIBES passed
his afternoons IN the conversations Of a few
friends, and in culivatng little garden in the
morning; occupied by the system of the world.
he relaxed his profound speculatiOns by rearing
delicate howers.
Conrad ab Uffenbach. learned German, re-
created his mind, after severe studies, with col
Elections of prints OF eminent persons. methodical-
Nv arranged; he retained this ardOur of the Gran.
gerife TO his last days
Rohaut wandered from shop to shop 10 OBJ
serve the mechanics labor. Count Caylus pass
ed his mornings in the studios OF artists. and
his evenings in writing his numerous works on
art. This was the true life Of an amateur.
Granville Sharp, amid the severity of his stu.
dies, found a social relaxation in the amusement
of barge on the Thames. which vas well known
to the circle of his friends; there. was festive
hospitality with musical delight. II was resort.
ed 10 by men Of the most eminent talents and
rank. His little voyages to Pulley, TO Kew,
and to Richmond, and the literary intercourse
they produced. were sIngularly happy Ones
Tie history Of his amusements csunot be told
without adding TO the dignity of his character
observes Mr. Prince Hoare. in the very curious
Same have found amuseInent in composing
treatises on old subjects Seneca wrote bur
ie.que narrative OF Caudian's death. Pierius
Vaerianus has written an eulogium on boards;
and we have had~a learned one recently, with
due gravity and pleasantly, entitled 'Eloge de
Pcrruq6es.'
Hoistein has written an eulogum on the North
Wind; Hensius on the ASST Menage, sthe
Transmigraion of the Parasitcal Pedant TO
Parrot;' aud also the Petition of the Dctiona.
riss'
Erasmus composed, to amuse himself when
tray cling in post chase, his panegyric on Mo.
ria or Folly: which, authorized by the pun, he
dedicated TO Sir Thomas More.
Salensre. who wnud amuse himself like Eras
mus. wrote, in imitation Of HE work, a panegyrc
on Ebriety. He SAYS that he is willing to be
thought as drunken man as Erasmus was fool
ish one. Synesias composed Greek pahegyrc
on Badness; these burlesques were brought into
great vogue by Erasmus Mori& Encomiunl.
|. II seems. johnson observes in his life Of Sir
Thomas Browne, to have been in all ages the
pride Of art to show how it could exalt the low
aud ampify the little. To this ambition, per
haps, we owe the frogs Of Homer; Inc enat and
bees OF Virgil; the butterfly Of Spencer; the sha
dow Of Wowerus& and the quncunx Of Browne.
Cardinal de Richelieu. amongst all his great
occupations, found recreation in violent expr-
cses; and he was once discovered Jumping with
his servant. Ia try who could reach the highest
side Of wall d. Grammoni. observing the car
dinal to be jealous Of his powers. offered dump
with him; anu, in the true spirit of courtier,
having made some Efforts which nearly reached
the cardinals, confessed the cardinal surpassed
him. This Gas jumping like politicians; and
by this means is said to have ingraliated himself
with the minister
The great Samuel Clarke was found Of robus ST
exercise; and this profound losician has been