Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... Essays moral, economical and political - Page 166by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
| Augustus Georgii - 1880 - 286 pages
...: " Nobody can be healthful without exercise. Diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...for the stomach ; riding for the head and the like " (Bacon on " Studies"). 0 ANDREW COMBE, " The Principle of Physiology." Eleventh Edition. Edinburgh,... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies ; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins ;' shooting...riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
| Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...10 consultation n consult 12 quick, alert mind Bowling1 is good for the stone and reins;* shooting2 for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations,3 if his wit be called away... | |
| C.C. Gaither - Medical - 2019 - 522 pages
.... . . diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and veins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like . . . Bacon's Essays Of Studies (p. 129) . . . cure the disease and kill the patient. Bacon's Essays... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 2002 - 868 pages
...diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling0 is good for the stone and reins;0 shooting0 for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering,0 let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations,0 if his wit be called away0... | |
| 许建平 - Chinese language - 2003 - 388 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for stomach; riding foe the head; and the like. So if a man* s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics;... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 512 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies. Like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises, bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
| Rong Fan - Education - 2006 - 169 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting...stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
| Chinese language - 2006 - 528 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting...stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never... | |
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