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" Bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... "
Mental Discipline: With Reference to the Acquisition and Communication of ... - Page 259
by Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 320 pages
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...but may be wrought ont by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exeruses ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting...and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...in mores;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseas.es of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and_ reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, ' gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head,...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

1821 - 416 pages
...in mores ;" nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit stndies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate...and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him stndy the mathematics ; for...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 404 pages
...the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies. Like as diseases of the body may have appropriated exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins...and breast : gentle walking for the stomach : riding for the head, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 408 pages
...the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies. Like as diseases of the body may have appropriated exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins...and breast : gentle walking for the stomach : riding for the head, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...mores;" " nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate...and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...in mores ;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate...and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...in mores ;" nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate...and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...in mores. Nay, there is no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies ; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate...and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...may be wrought out by fit studies : like as " diseases of the body may have appropriate exer" cises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, " shooting...and breast, gentle walking " for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; " so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the " mathematics ; for...
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