The Means of Promoting and Preserving HealthSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1841 - 480 páginas |
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... . In printing the latter por- tion , I have been under the necessity of em- ploying , with some correction and addition , the notes which were taken by one of my hearers . These Lectures , I must observe , are designed for LECT.
... . In printing the latter por- tion , I have been under the necessity of em- ploying , with some correction and addition , the notes which were taken by one of my hearers . These Lectures , I must observe , are designed for LECT.
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... taken into it but at a few feet from the ground this effect is not produced ; hence , men enter without danger , and can only perceive the presence of the gas by stooping . I did so , when I visited this grotto ; and felt the same ...
... taken into it but at a few feet from the ground this effect is not produced ; hence , men enter without danger , and can only perceive the presence of the gas by stooping . I did so , when I visited this grotto ; and felt the same ...
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... taken any interest in the history of our nautical affairs , who can be ignorant of the vast improvement in the health of our sailors , and of the impunity with which they have made the longest voyages , since the importance of ...
... taken any interest in the history of our nautical affairs , who can be ignorant of the vast improvement in the health of our sailors , and of the impunity with which they have made the longest voyages , since the importance of ...
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... taken not to promote too great a degree of heat , either by quantity or quality of the clothes . By error in this respect , the body is weakened , the skin becomes too sensitive , perspiration is too much excited , and the probabilities ...
... taken not to promote too great a degree of heat , either by quantity or quality of the clothes . By error in this respect , the body is weakened , the skin becomes too sensitive , perspiration is too much excited , and the probabilities ...
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... taken before the accident . The men were perfectly aware of their perilous situation ; but they were not without hope that efforts would be made for their deliverance . They awaited the result with patient and , I believe , Christian ...
... taken before the accident . The men were perfectly aware of their perilous situation ; but they were not without hope that efforts would be made for their deliverance . They awaited the result with patient and , I believe , Christian ...
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Página 466 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Página 446 - True religion undoubtedly leads us to do to others as we would that they should do to us.
Página 305 - Six hours to sleep, to law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on nature fix.
Página 216 - And, remember my words, that it were better for a man to be subject to any vice than to it ; for all other vanities and sins are recovered, but a drunkard will never shake off the delight of beastliness ; for the longer it possesseth a man, the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth, the more he shall be subject to it...
Página 142 - They have stricken me," shalt thou say, "and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Página 97 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age...
Página 56 - ordained men to be kept on bread alone, unmixed with salt, as the severest punishment that could be inflicted upon them in their moist climate ; the effect was horrible : these wretched criminals are said to have been devoured by worms, engendered in their own stomachs.
Página 12 - AIR !' was the general cry. Every insult that could be devised against the guard, all the opprobrious names and abuse that the suba, monickshund, &c. could be loaded with, were repeated to provoke the guard to fire upon us, every man that could rushing tumultuously towards the windows, with eager hopes of meeting the first shot. Then a general prayer to Heaven, to hasten the...
Página 230 - My example prevailed with several of them to renounce their abominable practice of bread and cheese with beer ; and they procured, like me, from a neighbouring house, a good basin of warm gruel, in which was a small slice of butter, with toasted bread and nutmeg. This was a much better breakfast, which did not cost more than a pint of beer, namely, three halfpence, and at the same time preserved the head clearer.
Página 471 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.