The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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... present . The instant is ours . The past is past : quod vides perisse perditum ducas . The future will be ours in time ; it is an infinite estate , to which we are infallible heirs , and which reaches us in rapid instalments ; but to ...
... present . The instant is ours . The past is past : quod vides perisse perditum ducas . The future will be ours in time ; it is an infinite estate , to which we are infallible heirs , and which reaches us in rapid instalments ; but to ...
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... present . The word enjoy is the only one that will show what I mean . I use it to signify that absolute fulfilment of one's destiny which gives perfect pleasure . It is quite possible - and to some minds easy 8 The Secret of Long Life .
... present . The word enjoy is the only one that will show what I mean . I use it to signify that absolute fulfilment of one's destiny which gives perfect pleasure . It is quite possible - and to some minds easy 8 The Secret of Long Life .
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... present material habiliment ; that connexion we have in common with innumerable other creatures . Man's first requirement is to apprehend his isolation ; to see himself as a living spirit , with incalculable capacities , and without any ...
... present material habiliment ; that connexion we have in common with innumerable other creatures . Man's first requirement is to apprehend his isolation ; to see himself as a living spirit , with incalculable capacities , and without any ...
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... present state of society by persons of average capacity ? How is it even to be approached ? To tell an ordinary man that long life depends on ideas , is like telling a sick labourer that he must have generous food and plenty of port ...
... present state of society by persons of average capacity ? How is it even to be approached ? To tell an ordinary man that long life depends on ideas , is like telling a sick labourer that he must have generous food and plenty of port ...
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... present . As I write , I perceive in the Globe news- paper that somebody or other wants to establish a model village in Surrey — a kind of colony of genteel paupers . This , be it well understood , is not my scheme . I wholly object to ...
... present . As I write , I perceive in the Globe news- paper that somebody or other wants to establish a model village in Surrey — a kind of colony of genteel paupers . This , be it well understood , is not my scheme . I wholly object to ...
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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...