 | English literature - 1796 - 486 pages
...habit than to contraft it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to fay, 1 began to diminiii) my ufual indulgencies by degrees. I found that a heavy...meal, or a hearty one as it is termed, and a chearful glafj, that is to fay, one more than does yougood, made me incapable, or, at bcft, difinclincd to any... | |
 | 302 pages
...trad): it, I entered on my reform grar dually ; (hit is to fay, I began todiminidi my ufual indulgences .by degrees. I found that a heavy meal, or a hearty...that is to fay, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or, at bed, difinclir»ed to. any ufeful exertions for fome hours after dinner ; and if... | |
 | 1796 - 598 pages
...habit than to contract it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to fay, I began to (iinin.h'h my ufual indulgencies by Degrees. I found that a heavy meal, or a hearty one as it is ternied, and a chearfu] glafs, that is to fay, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or,... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1797 - 512 pages
...diminilh my ufual indul4 gencies by degrees. I found that 4 a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as it 4 is termed, and a chearful glafs, that ' is to fay, one more than does you 4 good, made me incapable, or at 4 beft, difinslined to any ufeful exer4 tions, for fome hours after... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1802 - 460 pages
...it, I entered, on my *' reform gradually ; that is to fey, I began to> " diminifh my ufual trelpafles by degrees. " I found that a heavy meal, or a he:arty one, .as "it is termed, and a cheerful glafe, that is to " fay, one more than does you good, made me " incapable, or at beft indifpofed... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, l U-ir m to diminish my usual indulgencies by degrees. 1 found that a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as it is termed, and a chearful glass, that is to say, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or, at best, disinclined to... | |
 | Education, George Nicholson - Education - 1805 - 276 pages
...contract it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, I began to diminish jny usual indulgences by degrees. I found 'that a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as it is termed, and a cheerful glass, that is to say, one more than does one good, made me incapable, or at best, disinclined... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - Diet - 1830 - 370 pages
...contract it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, I began to diminish my usual indulgences by degrees. I found that a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as it is. termed, and a cheerful glass, that is, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or at least, disinclined to... | |
 | Hygiene - 1830 - 398 pages
...contract it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, I began to diminish my usual indulgences by degrees. I found that a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as- it is termed, and a cheerful glass, that is, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or at least, disinclined to... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Cyclopaedias - 1831 - 484 pages
...entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, I began to diminish my usual indulgences by degrees. 1 found that a heavy meal, or a hearty one, as it is termed, and a cheerful glass, that is, one more than does you good, made me incapable, or at least, disinclined to... | |
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... severe, regimen ; namely, by denying myself almost every thing in which I had long indulged. But as it is always much harder to get rid of a bad habit than to contract it, I entered on my reform gradually ; that is to say, I began to diminish my usual... 
