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... sense ; in vapours to the sight , in odours to the smell ; but if it is gradual , as in old age , it is imperceptible to the sense , though it is the same process . Besides , if the texture of the body is so close and tenacious as to ...
... sense ; in vapours to the sight , in odours to the smell ; but if it is gradual , as in old age , it is imperceptible to the sense , though it is the same process . Besides , if the texture of the body is so close and tenacious as to ...
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... sense , is suspected with regard to longevity ; but a plain mod- erately dry , yet not too barren or sandy , nor entirely devoid of trees and shade , is most adapted to long life . 31. Inequality of the air , as has been just now said ...
... sense , is suspected with regard to longevity ; but a plain mod- erately dry , yet not too barren or sandy , nor entirely devoid of trees and shade , is most adapted to long life . 31. Inequality of the air , as has been just now said ...
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... palm ; a short round foot ; thighs not very fleshy ; and a calf not drooping but firm , are signs of longevity . 44. Eyes rather large , with an iris of a greenish colour ; senses not too acute ; a pulse slow 72 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... palm ; a short round foot ; thighs not very fleshy ; and a calf not drooping but firm , are signs of longevity . 44. Eyes rather large , with an iris of a greenish colour ; senses not too acute ; a pulse slow 72 TRANSLATION OF THE.
Page 73
Francis Bacon James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath. colour ; senses not too acute ; a pulse slow in youth , but quicker as age increases ; a power of holding the breath easily and long ; the bowels more costive in ...
Francis Bacon James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath. colour ; senses not too acute ; a pulse slow in youth , but quicker as age increases ; a power of holding the breath easily and long ; the bowels more costive in ...
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... sense and common opin- ions discussed questions calmly on either side , without any laborious inquiry . Such were the sects of Car- neades and the academicians , the rhetoricians and gram- marians . But on the other hand , philosophies ...
... sense and common opin- ions discussed questions calmly on either side , without any laborious inquiry . Such were the sects of Car- neades and the academicians , the rhetoricians and gram- marians . But on the other hand , philosophies ...
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