Being then well wrapped in a great coat, he walks out gently for two miles to breakfast, which on such occasions should consist of a roasted fowl. He afterwards proceeds with his usual exercise. These sweats are continued weekly, till within a few days... Walker's Manly exercises. Revised by 'Craven'. - Page 15by Donald Walker - 1840Full view - About this book
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...put to bed in his flannels, and being covered with six or eight pairs of blankets, and a featherbed, must remain in this state from twenty-five to thirty...days of the performance of the match, or, in other * It is uot so generally known as it ought to be, that a salt, introduced into medical practice by... | |
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...twenty to twenty-five minutes, when he is taken out and rubbed perfectly dry.§ Being then well wrapped in his great coat, he walks out gently for two miles,...weekly, till within a few days of the performance of the matchj^f or, in other words, he must undergo three or four of these operations. If the stomach of the... | |
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...be scarcely fierce/itible to the fialate, nd mill also agree with the most delicate stomacft. sist of a roasted fowl. He afterwards proceeds •with...are continued weekly, till within a few days of the per formance of the match, or, in other words hi must undergo three or four of these operation'-. If... | |
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...occasions should consist of a roasted fowl. He afterwards proceeds with his usual exercise. These sweat« are continued weekly, till within a few days of the...about a week before the conclusion of the training, and he is now supposed to be in the highest condition. Besides his usual or regular exercise, a person... | |
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...put to bed in his flannels, and, being covered with six or eight pair of blankets, and a feather-bed, must remain in this state from twenty-five to thirty...he must undergo three or four of these operations. He is now supposed to be in the highest condition. Besides his usual or regular exercise, a person... | |
| James Irvine Lupton, James Money Kyrle Lupton - Athletic ability - 1890 - 268 pages
...walks out gently for two miles, and returns to breakfast, which, on such occasions, should consists of a roasted fowl. He afterwards proceeds with his...must be given about a week before the conclusion of his training. He is now supposed to be in the highest condition."—From " Chambers' Information for... | |
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