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" Original," as he was deservedly called, who maintained that, by a correct diet, the system became self-purifying, through an active exhalation which repelled impurity, — so that, while walking on dusty roads, his feet, and even his stockings, remained... "
Out-door Papers - Page 65
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1863 - 370 pages
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The Art of Dining and of Attaining High Health: With a Few Hints on Suppers ...

Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 300 pages
...going on, which repels impurity; for when I walked on the dustiest roads, not only my feet, but even my stockings, remained free from dust. By way of experiment,...face for a week, nor did any one see, nor I feel, any difference. One day I took hold of the branch of a tree to raise myself from the ground, when I...
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Lancashire Worthies

Francis Espinasse - 1877 - 526 pages
...health that he could not look dirty if he tried. " By way of experiment," he confided to his readers, " I did not wash my face for a week, nor did any one see, nor I feel any difference." The papers on the art of dining are full of racy instruction as well as of a delightful...
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Notes and Queries

1879 - 578 pages
...going on which repels impurity; for when I walked on the dustiest roads, not only my feet, but even my stockings, remained free from dust. By way of experiment,...face for a week, nor did any one see, nor I feel, an; difference."— P. 52. This is all in strict accordance with the elegant description of high health...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3

1859 - 796 pages
...prefer to do up their cleanliness for the year during 1859.] [April, these excursions ; indeed, yon yourself have mentioned to me, at such times, with...could have been desirable, even to fools or sinners. Rather recall, from your early explorations in Lempriere's Dictionary, how Medea renewed the youth...
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Notes and Queries

1879 - 718 pages
...going on which repels impurity ; for when I walked on the dustiest roads, not only my feet, but even my stockings, remained free from dust. By way of experiment,...face for a week, nor did any one see, nor I feel, any difference.''—P. 52. This is all in strict accordance with the elegant description of high health...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3

1859 - 798 pages
...highest waves submerging only your knees, while the younger Dolorosi splashed and gambolled in sale shallows behind you. Even that is better than nothing,...impossible that his familiar society could have been deeirable, even to fools or sinners. Ilather recall, from your early explorations in Lempriere's Dictionary,...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3

1859 - 794 pages
...Verily, we are, as the Turks declare, a nation of " dirty Franks," if this be the accepted defmition. Can it be possible that you really hold with the once-celebrated...for a week ; nor did any one see, nor I feel, the diflerence." My deluded friend, it is a fatal error. Mr. Walker, the Original, may have been inwardly...
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The Health Reformer, Volume 8

1873 - 396 pages
...diet, the system became self-purifying — through an active exhalation which repelled impurity-i-so that, while walking on dusty roads, his feet, and...could have been desirable, even to fools or sinners. Rather recall, from your early explorations in Lempriere's Dictionary, how Medea renewed the youth...
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