 | Sir John Sinclair - 1806 - 510 pagina’s
...men may live ftill to a greater age, has contrived matters fo, that'they fliould be able to fubfift on little, as I do ; for large quantities of food cannot be digefted by old and feeble ftomachs. Nor Ihould fuch perfons be afraid of fhortening their days by... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pagina’s
...sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer, that our kind mother, Nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...when they happen to be indisposed, they recover by eating a mere trifle; for it is a trifle they eat when confined to a regimen, by observing which they... | |
 | 1822 - 576 pagina’s
...sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer, that our kind mother, Nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...old and feeble stomachs. Nor should such persons be a/raid of shortening their days by eating too little, since, when they happen to be indisposed, they... | |
 | Luigi Cornaro - 1823 - 160 pagina’s
...sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer, that our kind • mother, nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...when they happen to be indisposed, they recover by eating a mere trifle ; for it is a trifle they eat when confined to a regimen, by observing which they... | |
 | 1885 - 900 pagina’s
...a sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer that onr kind mother, Nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived matters BO that they should be able to subsist on little, as I do, for large quantities of food can not be... | |
 | Sir Henry Thompson - 1885 - 72 pagina’s
...a sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer that our kind mother, Nature, iu order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...food cannot be digested by old and feeble stomachs. . . . By always eating little the stomach, not being much burdened, need not wait long to have an appetite.... | |
 | 1885 - 1234 pagina’s
...a sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer that our kind mother, Nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...should be able to subsist on little, as I do, for \arff quantities of food cannot be digested by old and feeble stomachs. . . . By always mating little... | |
 | 1885 - 558 pagina’s
...being above one hundred years old. He says that " Nature in order that old men may live still longer, has contrived matters so that they should be able to subsist on little, for large quantities of food cannot be digested by old and feeble stomachs. Oh how advantageous it... | |
 | Sir Henry Thompson - 1888 - 122 pagina’s
...a sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer that our kind mother, Nature, in order that old men may live still to a greater age, has contrived...food cannot be digested by old and feeble stomachs. ... By always eating little, the stomach, not being much burthened, need not wait long to have an appetite.... | |
 | 1893 - 636 pagina’s
...our kind mother, nature, in order that old men may still live to a greater age, has contrived matters that they should be able to subsist on little, as I do, for larger quantities of food cannot be digested by old and feeble stomachs. By always eating little, the... | |
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... therefore, their duty to eat heartily, and of such things as please their palate, be they hot, cold, or temperate; and that, were they to lead a sober life, it would be a short one. To this I answer that our kind mother, Nature, in order that old... 
