Medical inquiries and observations (Volume 2).

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Medical inquiries and observations (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    brew, and all the languages which we call learned, but also all the different jargons, or $ modern dialects. He accented and pronounced them so naturally, and so perfectly imitated the gestures and manners both of the several nations of Europe, and the particular provinces of iC France, that he might have been taken for a native of all, or any of these countries : and this quality he applied to counterfeit all sorts of per- sons, wherein he succeeded wonderfully. He was, moreover, the best comedian, and the great- est droll that perhaps ever appeared. He had a genius for poetry, and had wrote many verses. tl He played upon almost all instruments, was a perfect master of music, and sang most agrce- ably and justly. He likewise could say mass, for he was of a disposition to do, as well as to know all things. His body was perfectly well suited to his mind. He was light, nimble, and dexterous, and fit for all exercises. He could ride well, and in dancing, wrestling, and leap- ing, he was admired. There are not any re. creative games that he did not know, and he was skilled in almost all mechanic arts. But :' now for the reverse of the medal. Here it ap- ■' peared, that he was treacherous, cruel, cowardly, i( deceitful, a liar, a cheat, a drunkard and a.glut- '* ton, a sharper in play, immersed in every species