The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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... Greeks , in old heroic days , give every tree its nymph . Such beauti- ful old stories as that of Rhaicos and the Hama- dryad reveal to us that sensitiveness to the subtle life of the world which existed in simpler times among a poetic ...
... Greeks , in old heroic days , give every tree its nymph . Such beauti- ful old stories as that of Rhaicos and the Hama- dryad reveal to us that sensitiveness to the subtle life of the world which existed in simpler times among a poetic ...
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... Greeks , again , perceived the far - working power of the sun , and deified Apollo Hekaërgos . Do you think they meant nothing when they attributed to the sun - god the art of healing as well as the art of song ? They knew that sunshine ...
... Greeks , again , perceived the far - working power of the sun , and deified Apollo Hekaërgos . Do you think they meant nothing when they attributed to the sun - god the art of healing as well as the art of song ? They knew that sunshine ...
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... Greek and Latin and mathematics should be soundly taught , and cricket and rowing and football strenuously practised . Therewith must be connected middle and lower schools , for commercial education and the three R's re- spectively ...
... Greek and Latin and mathematics should be soundly taught , and cricket and rowing and football strenuously practised . Therewith must be connected middle and lower schools , for commercial education and the three R's re- spectively ...
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... Greek and the calculus . Then , as to amusement . First of all , I would have a village green , a fine wide common , where the elders might lounge on summer afternoons , while the boys played cricket , and the girls croquet , and the ...
... Greek and the calculus . Then , as to amusement . First of all , I would have a village green , a fine wide common , where the elders might lounge on summer afternoons , while the boys played cricket , and the girls croquet , and the ...
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... Greek alphabet . . . and I suspect they would compare favourably with any par- liament since the days of Simon de Montfort . The truth is that the best Englishmen will not be troubled about politics . And I think them wise . With such ...
... Greek alphabet . . . and I suspect they would compare favourably with any par- liament since the days of Simon de Montfort . The truth is that the best Englishmen will not be troubled about politics . And I think them wise . With such ...
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The Secret of Long Life [By E.J.M. Collins] Edward James Mortimer Collins Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 32 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Página 94 - And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? Yes, we await it! — but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne; And all his store of sad experience he Lays bare of wretched days...