The Journal of Health, 2. köideS. C. Atkinson, 1831 |
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... objects by which their possessor is surrounded . If the fields and groves be ever green , the sky of true cerulean , and the whole air re- dolent of sweets - the senses , necessarily impressed in a uni- form manner , transmit constantly ...
... objects by which their possessor is surrounded . If the fields and groves be ever green , the sky of true cerulean , and the whole air re- dolent of sweets - the senses , necessarily impressed in a uni- form manner , transmit constantly ...
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... object . Nature abounds with variety , and the mind , unless chained down by habit , delights in the contemplation of new objects . Examine them for some time- when the mind begins to recoil , shift the scene . By these means a constant ...
... object . Nature abounds with variety , and the mind , unless chained down by habit , delights in the contemplation of new objects . Examine them for some time- when the mind begins to recoil , shift the scene . By these means a constant ...
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... very particular in pointing out the gymnastics applicable to the diseases of which he speaks . Galen , in his different works , gives precepts on the application of methodical exercise . But our object is not so much a history of.
... very particular in pointing out the gymnastics applicable to the diseases of which he speaks . Galen , in his different works , gives precepts on the application of methodical exercise . But our object is not so much a history of.
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But our object is not so much a history of gymnastics , as to persuade our readers of the great importance of the subject , in whatever light we regard it . To parents , public_instructors , physicians , and legislators , it is one full ...
But our object is not so much a history of gymnastics , as to persuade our readers of the great importance of the subject , in whatever light we regard it . To parents , public_instructors , physicians , and legislators , it is one full ...
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... object , will form a subject for disquisition in our subsequent numbers . One fundamental principle we cannot , however , abstain from men- tioning at this time - it is the education of the appetites , on suc- cess in which so much of ...
... object , will form a subject for disquisition in our subsequent numbers . One fundamental principle we cannot , however , abstain from men- tioning at this time - it is the education of the appetites , on suc- cess in which so much of ...
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Page 250 - And sin no more, as we have done by staying : But, my Corinna, come, let's go a-maying. " There's not a budding boy or girl this day, But is got up, and gone to bring in may.
Page 130 - And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 249 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 249 - Then came faire May, the fayrest mayd on ground, Deckt all with dainties of her season's pryde, And throwing flowres out of her lap around...
Page 115 - Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs. How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery. Sore pierced by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty.
Page 209 - ... beyond the caprice of their good pleasure, threw down the image from its pedestal ; it was not broken with the fall, and they would, it seems, again replace it, — but they shall not. " You ask about my health : about the beginning of the year I was in a state of great exhaustion, attended by such debility of stomach that nothing remained upon it ; and I was obliged to reform my ' way of life,' which was conducting me from the ' yellow leaf to the ground, with all deliberate speed.
Page 210 - I am rather less so now than I was at twenty, as far as my recollection serves? I do not know how to answer this, but presume that it is constitutional, — as well as the waking in low spirits, which I have invariably done for many years.
Page 297 - The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may, both with profit and delight, be taken up in recreating and composing their travailed spirits with the solemn and divine harmonies of music, heard or learned ; either while the skilful organist plies his grave and fancied descant in lofty fugues, or the whole symphony with artful and unimaginable touches adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer...
Page 297 - ... or the whole symphony, with artful and unimaginable touches, adorn and grace the well-studied chords of some choice composer; sometimes the lute, or soft organ-stop, waiting on elegant voices, either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which, if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 130 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.