Thump after thump resounds the constant frail full on the destined ear Task Book Radion Sculp LONDON, PUBLISHED BY S.A. ODDY, IVY LANE, JUNE, 1814. T LIBA UNIVERSITY A CALIFORNI THE TASK. BOOK I. THE SOFA. THE ARGUMENT. Historical deduction of seats, from the stool to the Sofa A school-boy's ramble. A walk in the country. The scene described.-Rural sounds as well as sights delightful.-Another walk.—Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected.-Colonnades commended. Alcove, and the view from it. The wilderness. The grove.—The thrasher. The necessity and the benefits of exercise. The works of Nature superior to, and in some instances inimitable by, art.-The wearisomeness of what is commonly called a life of pleasure.-Change of |