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" 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 166
by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 196 pages
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Kinetic jottings: miscellaneous extracts illustrating the effects of ...

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,...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 3

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...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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...
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Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and ...

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...
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The Major Works

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...
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英汉互译实践与技巧

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;...
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

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...
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How We Read: Passion for Knowledge Disciplined by Subtle Turns of Strategies ...

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...
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新编实用英汉翻译实例评析

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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