On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man; Arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals; Objections Answered; &c. &c |
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Página 103
They are very nimble footed and exceedingly strong . They throw great stones ,
sticks and billets at those persons who offend them . The natives believe that they
were formerly men but me . tamorphosed into beasts for their blasphemy .
They are very nimble footed and exceedingly strong . They throw great stones ,
sticks and billets at those persons who offend them . The natives believe that they
were formerly men but me . tamorphosed into beasts for their blasphemy .
Página 147
They seem neither to have those strong and fit organs for digesting them , ( at
least such as birds and beasts of prey have , who live on flesh ) nor natural . ly to
have those voracious and brutish appetites which require animal food and strong
...
They seem neither to have those strong and fit organs for digesting them , ( at
least such as birds and beasts of prey have , who live on flesh ) nor natural . ly to
have those voracious and brutish appetites which require animal food and strong
...
Página 182
... deviations from the most natural and proper food , with as much , or even
greater safety , than a healthy adult . In such a child , tho ' the bodily health be
feeble , the vital pow . ers are strong ; and indeed they must frequently be much
stronger ...
... deviations from the most natural and proper food , with as much , or even
greater safety , than a healthy adult . In such a child , tho ' the bodily health be
feeble , the vital pow . ers are strong ; and indeed they must frequently be much
stronger ...
Página 207
Spotiswoode mentions one Kontigem ( afterwards , called St . Mongah , from
whom a well in Wales is named ) who lived 185 years , never tasting wine or
strong drink , and sleeping on the hard cold ground . Henry Jenkins , fisherman ,
of ...
Spotiswoode mentions one Kontigem ( afterwards , called St . Mongah , from
whom a well in Wales is named ) who lived 185 years , never tasting wine or
strong drink , and sleeping on the hard cold ground . Henry Jenkins , fisherman ,
of ...
Página 210
He was very partial to bread made of the four of beans , and ate garlic very
frequently . He always found himself strong and vigorous , and a stranger to
disease . At the age of ninety he mowed his grass , made it into hay , and carried
it home ...
He was very partial to bread made of the four of beans , and ate garlic very
frequently . He always found himself strong and vigorous , and a stranger to
disease . At the age of ninety he mowed his grass , made it into hay , and carried
it home ...
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Página 196 - We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 12 - Caesar must bleed for it! And, gentle friends, Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully ; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
Página 137 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 131 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 104 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 132 - Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man ; And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Página 107 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Página 106 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Página 11 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Página 108 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man; Arguments from Scripture, Reason, Fact and Experience, in Favour of a Vegetable Diet; on the Effects of Food; on the Practice of Nations and Individuals; Objections Answered; &c. &c |
| Autores | Conduct, George Nicholson |
| Editor | George Nicholson |
| Edición | 4 |
| Editor | G. Nicholson., 1819 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 31 Jul. 2006 |
| Largo | 266 páginas |
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