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... cool and free from blisters . Instead of washing the feet at the end of a journey , rub them first with a damp cloth , and then dry them completely . In some places on the Continent it is not possible to get this soap ; but in almost ...
... cool and free from blisters . Instead of washing the feet at the end of a journey , rub them first with a damp cloth , and then dry them completely . In some places on the Continent it is not possible to get this soap ; but in almost ...
Page 38
... cool as can be accomplished consistently with anything like provision against showers of rain , and windy we a- ther . The velveteen is the most durable for wear- there is no end in fact to such a jacket - the colour va- ries the ...
... cool as can be accomplished consistently with anything like provision against showers of rain , and windy we a- ther . The velveteen is the most durable for wear- there is no end in fact to such a jacket - the colour va- ries the ...
Page 42
... says- " Have two pair of trousers , of dark gambaroon . As it is of consequence to walk cool , if possible march without drawers , but be sure to put them on at the end of the journey ; one pair is enough ; they can be 42.
... says- " Have two pair of trousers , of dark gambaroon . As it is of consequence to walk cool , if possible march without drawers , but be sure to put them on at the end of the journey ; one pair is enough ; they can be 42.
Page 55
... cool yourself . " We shall use the liberty of completing the quotation , though it passes on to correlative points ; because we have no especial head under which to reduce them precisely . Our continental friend M. M. goes on to urge ...
... cool yourself . " We shall use the liberty of completing the quotation , though it passes on to correlative points ; because we have no especial head under which to reduce them precisely . Our continental friend M. M. goes on to urge ...
Page 93
... cool bath , which , " besides cleansing the skin from impurities , is especially fitted to recruit the body during the heats of summer ; hence the poet has justly denominated it , The kind refresher of the summer heats . ' The languor ...
... cool bath , which , " besides cleansing the skin from impurities , is especially fitted to recruit the body during the heats of summer ; hence the poet has justly denominated it , The kind refresher of the summer heats . ' The languor ...
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Page 13 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow— Hues of their own, fresh borrow'd from the heart.
Page 89 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when, by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English, under the title of, Sure and certain methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Page 13 - What is this passing scene? A peevish April day! A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain. And all things fade away.
Page 7 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss, " And exercise of health. In proof of this, " Behold the wretch, who slugs his life away, " Soon swallow'd in disease's sad abyss; " While he whom toil has braced, or manly play, " Has light as air each limb, each thought as clear as day.
Page 102 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 14 - Yet wait awhile and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade. How like decaying life they seem to glide ! And yet no second spring have they in store, But where they fall, forgotten to abide Is all their portion, and they ask no more.
Page 14 - Now the tir'd hunter winds a parting note, And Echo bids good-night from every glade ; Yet wait awhile, and see the calm leaves float Each to his rest beneath their parent shade.
Page 11 - Now, in travelling, we multiply events, and innocently. We set out, as it were, on our adventures ; and many are those that occur to us, morning, noon, and night. The day we come to a place which we have long heard and read of, — and in Italy we do so continually, — it is an era in our lives ; and from that moment the very name calls up a picture.
Page 106 - THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY, APPLIED TO THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EDUCATION.
Page 103 - WHO says, the wan autumnal sun Beams with too faint a smile To light up nature's face again, . And, though the year be on the wane, With thoughts of spring the heart beguile? Waft him, thou soft September breeze, And gently lay him down Within some circling woodland wall, Where bright leaves, reddening ere they fall,* .Wave gaily o'er the waters brown.