 | Luigi Cornaro - 1768 - 300 pages
...addition, to my ufual allowance muft preferve the tone of my ftomach, I contented to increafe the quantity quantity of food, but by two ounces only. So that, as before, what with bread, meati the yolk of an egg, and foup, I eat as much, as weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1806 - 510 pages
...ufual allowance would preferve my ftrength, I confented to increafe the quantity of food, but with two ounces only. So that, as before, what with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and foup, I eat as much as weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor kfs , I now incrcaled it to fourteen... | |
 | Thomas John Graham, Physician - 1829 - 378 pages
...usual allowance would preserve my strength, I consented to increase the quantity of food, but with two ounces only. So that, as before, what with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I eat as much as weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor less, I now increased it to fourteen;... | |
 | Luigi Cornaro, Piero Maroncelli - 1842 - 244 pages
...usual allowance would preserve my strength, I consented to increase the quantity of food, but with two ounces only. So that, as before, what with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I eat as much as weighed in all twelve ounces. neither more nor less, I now increased it to fourteen... | |
 | Frederick William Pavy - 1874 - 626 pages
...conformed to the proverb which says, that a man, to consult his health, must check his appetite. . . . What with- bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I ate as much as weighed .in all 12 oz., neither more nor less. . . . I drank but 14 oz. of wine."1 Upon this scanty allowance Cornaro... | |
 | Frederick William Pavy - 1874 - 620 pages
...to the proverb which says, that a man, to consult his health, must check his appetite. . . . \Wiat with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I ate as much as weighed in oM 12 oz., neither more nor less. . . . I drank but 14 oz. of wine."1 Upon this scanty allowance Cornaro... | |
 | Joshua Duke - 1878 - 102 pages
...this I conformed to the proverb which says that a man, to consult his health, must check his appetite. What with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup,...in all twelve ounces, neither more nor less. ... I drank 14 oz. of wine.' Upon this scanty allowance Cornaro lived to write a series of discourses at... | |
 | 1893 - 522 pages
...drinking ; but constantly to rise from the table with a disposition to eat and drink still more. . . . What with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup,...weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor less. I drank, in all, fourteen ounces of wine." Cornaro lived on this meagre diet to a vigorous old age. He... | |
 | Luigi Cornaro - 1879 - 60 pages
...all, to please my family, T consented to the increase before mentioned ; so that, whereas previous, what with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I ate as much as twelve ounces, neither more nor less, I now increased it to fourteen ; and whereas before I drank but... | |
 | 1893 - 454 pages
...drinking ; hut constantly to rise from the table with a disposition to eat and drink still more. . . . What with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I aie as much as weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor lees. I drank, in all, fourteen ounces... | |
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So that, as before, what with bread, meat, the yolk of an egg, and soup, I ate as much as weighed in all twelve ounces, neither more nor less. I now increased it to fourteen ; and as before I drank but fourteen ounces of wine, I now increased it to sixteen. 
