Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 515
... becomes feebler . Some , however , have become mothers before they have experienced any menftrual discharge ; and others have conceived at the age of fixty , and fometimes at a more advanced age . Such examples , though not unfrequent ...
... becomes feebler . Some , however , have become mothers before they have experienced any menftrual discharge ; and others have conceived at the age of fixty , and fometimes at a more advanced age . Such examples , though not unfrequent ...
Page 518
... become weaker and weaker ; leanness in- creases the number of the wrinkles ; the beard and the hair become white ; the strength and the memory be- gin to fail . The After seventy , or at most eighty years of age , the life of man is ...
... become weaker and weaker ; leanness in- creases the number of the wrinkles ; the beard and the hair become white ; the strength and the memory be- gin to fail . The After seventy , or at most eighty years of age , the life of man is ...
Page 519
... become fo weak , that they are unable to raise and support it : the body finks down ; the fpine is bent outward ; and the vertebræ grow together at the anterior part : the bo- dy becomes extremely lean ; the ftrength fails : the ...
... become fo weak , that they are unable to raise and support it : the body finks down ; the fpine is bent outward ; and the vertebræ grow together at the anterior part : the bo- dy becomes extremely lean ; the ftrength fails : the ...
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