. Bird's eye views of society . The Smoking Room at the Club. The at the Club. PaPp. ERY delightful muft be thefenfation of the man whohas juft lit a weed, andfunk deep into the receffesof an arm-chair, very footh-ing, very dreamy, very lazy,very languid, very every-thing that is free and view of the matter is not the refult of perfonal ex-perience of fmoke, but conjecture derived from contem-plating mankinds expreffion of face and attitude whenunder this foothing influence; after dinner, for inftance,when a man lights his firft cigar, and takes his firft puff,there are
. Bird's eye views of society . The Smoking Room at the Club. The at the Club. PaPp. ERY delightful muft be thefenfation of the man whohas juft lit a weed, andfunk deep into the receffesof an arm-chair, very footh-ing, very dreamy, very lazy,very languid, very every-thing that is free and view of the matter is not the refult of perfonal ex-perience of fmoke, but conjecture derived from contem-plating mankinds expreffion of face and attitude whenunder this foothing influence; after dinner, for inftance,when a man lights his firft cigar, and takes his firft puff,there are fymptoms in his countenance indicating the en-joyment of a fuperior form of happinefs -to the ordinaryrun of happinefs; while his attitude at once affumes aneafe, an abandonment, as far as his legs are concerned, a piclurefque proftration, that plainly fhows that the limbsare experiencing complete reft for the firft time. Almoftevery attitude that the human frame is capable of gettinginto is tried, and there feems a frefh charm in each. Toget the legs and feet placed as high above the head as
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