The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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Página 69
... dine . First : the hour . For an average , writing as I am for men who use their nights wisely , sleeping six or seven hours , I take seven to be a capital time . But let there be variation with the weather . In winter dine by candle ...
... dine . First : the hour . For an average , writing as I am for men who use their nights wisely , sleeping six or seven hours , I take seven to be a capital time . But let there be variation with the weather . In winter dine by candle ...
Página 70
... dine on my lawn , under the trees : but if the capricious weather makes this dangerous , one can at least have the dining - room windows wide open to the Elysian air by which I don't mean the east wind . How to dine is the next point ...
... dine on my lawn , under the trees : but if the capricious weather makes this dangerous , one can at least have the dining - room windows wide open to the Elysian air by which I don't mean the east wind . How to dine is the next point ...
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... dine , Though epicures fastidious may demur , [ I of plain dinners am a hearty lover ] On fresh - caught trout ( Sauterne should be the wine ) A few lamb cutlets served with cucumber , And , last of all , a brace of golden plover . 1870 ...
... dine , Though epicures fastidious may demur , [ I of plain dinners am a hearty lover ] On fresh - caught trout ( Sauterne should be the wine ) A few lamb cutlets served with cucumber , And , last of all , a brace of golden plover . 1870 ...
Página 76
... dine , the devil's in ' t . 1871 . APRIL . Thou beautiful Aprilis , month well named By reason that all things thou openest , Whether the fair flower or the maiden's breast , Or aught that is delicious and unshamed And perfect in its ...
... dine , the devil's in ' t . 1871 . APRIL . Thou beautiful Aprilis , month well named By reason that all things thou openest , Whether the fair flower or the maiden's breast , Or aught that is delicious and unshamed And perfect in its ...
Página 77
... dine , Pigeons and quails , in leafage of the vine Enwrapt , forget not - nor the dorée jaune . May is the merry month when subtle tackle Woos spotted darlings from the sinuous stream : In May old hens to guard their ducklings cackle ...
... dine , Pigeons and quails , in leafage of the vine Enwrapt , forget not - nor the dorée jaune . May is the merry month when subtle tackle Woos spotted darlings from the sinuous stream : In May old hens to guard their ducklings cackle ...
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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...