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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... "
Handbook for Readers and Students, Intended as a Help to Individuals ... - Page 42
by Alonzo Potter - 1843 - 330 pages
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A Manual of Essays: Selected from Various Authors

Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...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 ever so little, lie must begin again; if he be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him...
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Auntient lere, a selection of aphoristical and preceptive passages from the ...

Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...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...called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are...
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Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political

Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...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...called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...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,...be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ...

Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pages
...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...be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the school-men ; for they...
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The essays; or, Counsels moral, economical, and political, by sir F. Bacon

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...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...be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the school-men ; for they...
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Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains ...

Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pages
...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...be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find di fTerences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they...
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The works of Francis Bacon, Volume 2

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...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;...wit be called away never so little, he must begin : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they...
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Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One, Volumes 1-2

Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...called away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

1821 - 404 pages
...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...be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his withe not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are...
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