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... increased in quantity and bettered in quality , so that the matter whereby they are repaired would be eternal , if the manner of repairing them did not fail . The real truth is this . In declining age repair takes place very un- equally ...
... increased in quantity and bettered in quality , so that the matter whereby they are repaired would be eternal , if the manner of repairing them did not fail . The real truth is this . In declining age repair takes place very un- equally ...
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... increases them exceedingly . For it is very evident that many inanimate bodies can last a very long time without repair , but animate bodies without aliment and repair at once collapse and die out like fire . The inquiry therefore ...
... increases them exceedingly . For it is very evident that many inanimate bodies can last a very long time without repair , but animate bodies without aliment and repair at once collapse and die out like fire . The inquiry therefore ...
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... - gation , though it increases their fruitfulness , shortens their existence . And so much for the prevention of desiccation and consumption . The inteneration of bodies which have been dried , though " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 29.
... - gation , though it increases their fruitfulness , shortens their existence . And so much for the prevention of desiccation and consumption . The inteneration of bodies which have been dried , though " HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS . " 29.
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... increases ; a power of holding the breath easily and long ; the bowels more costive in youth , and looser in old age , are likewise all signs of longevity . 45. On the connection between longevity and the times of nativity nothing has ...
... increases ; a power of holding the breath easily and long ; the bowels more costive in youth , and looser in old age , are likewise all signs of longevity . 45. On the connection between longevity and the times of nativity nothing has ...
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... increased in our time . It affects men with a kind of secret pleas- ure , so that persons once accustomed to it can scarce leave it off . It tends no doubt to relieve the body , and remove weariness ; and its virtue is commonly thought ...
... increased in our time . It affects men with a kind of secret pleas- ure , so that persons once accustomed to it can scarce leave it off . It tends no doubt to relieve the body , and remove weariness ; and its virtue is commonly thought ...
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