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" Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called... "
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon ... - Page 343
by Francis Bacon - 1890 - 405 pages
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

Books - 1821 - 408 pages
...appropriated exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins : shooting for the lungs and breast : gentle walking for the stomach : riding for the head,...differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are Cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 4

Books - 1821 - 404 pages
...appropriated exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins : shooting for the lungs and breast : gentle walking for the stomach : riding for the head,...away never so little, he must begin again : if his withe not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen : for they are Cymini...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 1

British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him stndy the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away...
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Essays moral, economical and political

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...for the head, and the like : so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for iu demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so...differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 2

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...appropriate exercises: bowling is good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head;...dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores: if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...appropriate exercises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head,...differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are ' Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...appropriate exercises : bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head...differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...appropriate exer" cises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, " shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking " for the stomach, riding for the head,...again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ* " To Mr. Matthews; along with the Book De Sapientia Ve" terura. — I Heartily thank you for...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England..: Essays ...

Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...appropriate exer" cises; bowling is good for the stone and reins, " shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking " for the stomach, riding for the head,...again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ* " To Mr. Matthews; along with the Book De Sapientia Ve" terum.—I Heartily thank you for your...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...appropriate exer" cises ; bowling is good for the stone and reins, " shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking " for the stomach, riding for the head,...demonstrations, if his wit be " called away never so little, lie must begin again ; " if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differ• " To Mr. Matthews;...
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