 ... men. Thus he says, all the missing pulsations are added to the sum total of those of his whole life, and his longevity and strength appear to support this extraordinary theory. He likewise asserts that it is this which enables him to do without sleep....  France, Since 1830 - Page 347by Thomas Raikes - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Raikes - London (England) - 1857 - 442 pages
...that it is this which enables him to do without sleep. Nature, says he, sleeps and recruits herself at every intermission of my pulse. And indeed you...innumerable nightcaps on his head to keep it warm, as he said, and feed his intellect with blood, but in fact to prevent his injuring the seat of knowledge... | |
 | Thomas Raikes - France - 1857 - 442 pages
...that it is this which enables him to do without sleep. Nature, says he, sleeps and recruits herself at every intermission of my pulse. And indeed you...keep him company or to talk of business. " At four lie will go to bed, sitting nearly bolt upright in his bed, with innumerable nightcaps on his head... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...is this which enables him to do without 2 sleep. " Nature," says he, " sleeps and recruits herself at every intermission of my pulse ;" and indeed you see him time after time 3 rise at three o'clock in the 4 morning from the whist table, then return home, 5 and often wake up... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1866 - 452 pages
...it is this which enables him to do without sleep. ' Nature, ' says he, ' sleeps and recruits herself at every intermission of my pulse ; ' and, indeed,...innumerable night-caps on his head to keep it warm, as he said, and feed his intellect with blood; but, in fact, to prevent his injuring the seat of knowledge... | |
 | Ellis Cornelia Knight - 1875 - 380 pages
...that it is this which enables him to do without sleep. Nature, says he, sleeps and recruits herself at every intermission of my pulse. And indeed you...innumerable night-caps on his head to keep it warm, as he said, and feed his intellect with blood, but in fact to prevent his injuring the seat of knowledge... | |
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