Author: John Ayrton Paris

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780666947093

Excerpt from Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest, Vol. 1 of 3: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports Be attributed to the frigid and insipid manner in which they have too frequently been exe outed; if we except the mere external forms of conversation, and that one character is made to speak, and the other to answer, they are alto gether the same as if the author himself spoke throughout the whole, instead of amusing with a varied style of conversation, and with a dis play of consistent and well-supported characters. The introduction of a person of humour, to en liven the discourse; is sanctioned by the highest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.