On the decline of life in health and diseaseJ. Churchill, 1853 - 300 pages |
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Page 61
... labourer , the pauper , and itinerant beggar ; yet the lists contain the names of many noble lords and ladies , and of all conditions between the two . Much stress has been laid upon a country life and the free country air ; but , I ...
... labourer , the pauper , and itinerant beggar ; yet the lists contain the names of many noble lords and ladies , and of all conditions between the two . Much stress has been laid upon a country life and the free country air ; but , I ...
Page 66
... labourer of Bexford , Herts , who died aged 102 , that his father was aged 104 years , his brother was 95 , his uncle 93 , and that scarcely any of his family died under 90. P. Marion , a Dutch fisherman , died at the age of 109 ; his ...
... labourer of Bexford , Herts , who died aged 102 , that his father was aged 104 years , his brother was 95 , his uncle 93 , and that scarcely any of his family died under 90. P. Marion , a Dutch fisherman , died at the age of 109 ; his ...
Page 71
... labourers , & c . , have mostly been those who were often exposed to many and varied changes , and who were constantly called on to make considerable exertions ; for such exertions rather sustain than exhaust , and invigorate the ...
... labourers , & c . , have mostly been those who were often exposed to many and varied changes , and who were constantly called on to make considerable exertions ; for such exertions rather sustain than exhaust , and invigorate the ...
Page 87
... labourer , who would preserve his powers and lengthen his life , limit the periods of his exertion ; and between them , by slighter pursuits , by amusements , and the agreeable converse of friends , allow the higher powers of his mind ...
... labourer , who would preserve his powers and lengthen his life , limit the periods of his exertion ; and between them , by slighter pursuits , by amusements , and the agreeable converse of friends , allow the higher powers of his mind ...
Page 91
... labouring under a diseased condition of mind , perpetually imagining or anticipating some ill , and really seeming to suffer evils which are not present and may never arrive . " The coward dies a thousand deaths , The brave live on ...
... labouring under a diseased condition of mind , perpetually imagining or anticipating some ill , and really seeming to suffer evils which are not present and may never arrive . " The coward dies a thousand deaths , The brave live on ...
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Page 29 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 125 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 299 - All the publications of Mr. Churchill are prepared with so much taste and neatness, that it is superfluous to speak of them in terms of commendation.