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Page 82 - I counted the perspiratory pores on the palm of the hand, and found 3,528 in a square inch. Now, each of these pores being the aperture of a little tube of about a quarter of an inch long, it follows that in a square inch of skin on the palm of the hand, there exists a length of tube equal to 882 inches, or 73£ feet.
Page 4 - Such was the mild spirit of antiquity, that the nations were less attentive to the difference, than to the resemblance, of their religious worship. The Greek, the Roman, and the Barbarian, as they met before their respective altars, easily persuaded themselves, that under various names, and with various ceremonies, they adored the same deities.
Page 82 - Now, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordinary height and bulk is 2,500 ; the number of pores, therefore, 7,000,000, and the number of inches of perspiratory tube, 1,750,000— that is, 145,833 feet or 48,600 yards, or nearly 28 miles.
Page 4 - Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually disposed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors.
Page 2 - Then in the polish'd bath, refresh'd from toil, Their joints they supple with dissolving oil, In due repast indulge the genial hour, And first to Pallas the libations pour: They sit rejoicing in her aid divine, And the crown'd goblet foams with floods of wine.
Page 17 - Edinbro', every other Saturday, or to the black swan in Holborn, every other Monday, at both of which places they may be received in a...
Page 88 - Through buds and bark, into the blacken'd core, Their eager way. A feeble race! yet oft The sacred sons of vengeance; on whose course Corrosive famine waits, and kills the year.
Page 56 - May 10, 1822. Dear Mrs Meynell, I have got into all my London feelings, which come on the moment I pass Hyde Park Corner. I am languid, unfriendly, heartless, selfish, sarcastic, and insolent.
Page 63 - ... invariably exhibits the greatest ratio of fatal cases. "The observations of Dr. Edwards, on the influence of light in promoting the perfect development of animals, led him to conclude that in climates where nudity is not incompatible with health, exposure of the whole surface of the body to light is favorable to the regular conformation of the body; and he, therefore, has suggested insulation in the open air as a means calculated to restore healthy conformation to children affected with scrofula,...
Page 16 - Restoration, visited Tunbridge Wells, there was no town : but within a mile of the spring, rustic cottages, somewhat cleaner and neater than the ordinary cottages of that time, were scattered over the heath. Some of these cabins were movable, and were carried on sledges from one part of the common to another.