A Treatise on Removable and Mitigable Causes of Death, Their Modes of Origin and Means of Prevention: Including a Sketch of Vital Statistics and the Leading Principles of Public Hygiene in Europe and India. V. 1, Band 1

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Bishop's College Press, 1852 - 329 Seiten
 

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Seite 51 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
Seite 60 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Seite 51 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Seite 201 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 272 - The nursery was soon entirely vacated, and the services of the nurse and physician no longer needed; and, for more than two years, no case of sickness or death took place.
Seite 331 - Amid this general lamentation and woe, the influence and authority of every law human and divine vanished. Most of those who were in office had been carried off by the plague, or lay sick, or had lost so many members of their families, that they were unable to attend to their duties ; so that, thenceforth, every one acted as he thought proper.
Seite 169 - ... twelve, the rest younger. The other part of the family slept in one bed in the keeping-room, that is, the room in which their cooking, washing, and eating were performed. How could it be otherwise, with this family, than that they should be sunk into a most deplorable state of degradation and depravity...
Seite 83 - Observe the various operations Of food and drink in several nations. Was ever Tartar fierce or cruel Upon the strength of water-gruel ? But who shall stand his rage and force, If first he rides, then eats his horse ? Salads, and eggs, and lighter fare, Tune the Italian spark's guitar. And, if I take Dan Congreve right, Pudding and beef make Britons fight.
Seite 71 - will you our wine assay?' I answered, That can not much me grieve — A penny can do no more than it may.' I drank a pint and for it did pay, Yet sore a-hungered from thence I yede, And wanting money I could not speed.
Seite 66 - ... exposed or offered for sale, in any market, fair, or other open or public place where other animals are commonly exposed for sale, then, and in any such case it shall be lawful for any clerk, or inspector, or other officer of such fair or market, or for any constable or policeman, or for any other person authorized by the mayor, or...

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