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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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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 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 essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, with notes by A. Spiers

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...nay, there is no stand6 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as 7 diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises....and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head, and the like. 1 Curiously for attentively. 2 Would /or should. 3 That (old) for what....
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral ; And, Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit Studies : Like as Difeafes of the Body may have Appropriate Exercifes. Bowling is good for the Stone and Reins ; Shooting for the Lungs and Breaft ; gentle Walking for the Stomach ; Riding for the Head ; and the like. So if a Man's Wit be...
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The essays; or, Counsels civil and moral with A table of the colours of good ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...studia 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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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...in mores." Nay, there is no slond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies; to suppress force and fraud ; whereof force is the...Add thereto contentious suits, which ought to be sp 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 Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 4

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 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 Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the ...

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 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 mathematies, for in...
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The Massachusetts Teacher: A Journal of School and Home Education, Volume 8

1855 - 396 pages
...there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies ; like as disease of the body may have appropriate exercises ; bowling...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 in...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...mores ; " 2 nay, there is no stand 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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Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...mores'2 — nay, there is no stond3 or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought4 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 wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in...
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