 | 1832 - 488 páginas
...lower extremities becoming swelled, his answer to the enquiries of a friend who called upon him was, " I am better on my legs than ever: you see how much stouter they are!" He persisted in attributing his own complaints, as he had attributed the complaints of so many of his... | |
 | 1832 - 520 páginas
...lower extremities becoming swelled, his answer to the enquiries of a friend who called upon him was, " I am better on my legs than ever ; you see how much stouter they are ! " He persisted in attributing his own complaints, as he had attributed the complaints of so many... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1839 - 384 páginas
...that he would defend the purity of the French language tous; and upon some one inquiring how he was, he replied, " Why, I am better on my legs than ever:...stouter they are!" His hobby retained full possession of his mind to the end of his life. He attributed his disease to the stomach. He said, " It is all... | |
 | 1839 - 698 páginas
...continued during his existence, and towards the last he is reported to have joked upon the oedematous state of his legs produced by the disturbance of the circulation and bis difficulty of breathing. Some one inquired of him how he was ? to which he replied, " Why, I am... | |
 | 1895 - 536 páginas
...decisive, observant. His jokes even extended to himself, as when he said of his own oedematous limbs, " Why, I am better on my legs than ever ; you see how much stouter they are." We turn to his portrait and we see the individual, a fine face with a steady cynicism of expression... | |
 | Benjamin Ward Richardson, Mrs. George Martin - 1900 - 468 páginas
...decisive, observant. His jokes even extended to himself, as when he said of his own oedematous limbs, " Why, I am better on my legs than ever; you see how much stouter they are." We turn to his portrait and we see the individual, a fine face with a steady cynicism of expression... | |
 | 1839 - 742 páginas
...continued during his existence, and towards the last he is reported to have joked upon the oadematous state of his legs produced by the disturbance of the...legs than ever : you see how much stouter they are 1" His hobby retained full possession also to the end of his life. He attributed his disease to the... | |
 | 1839 - 824 páginas
...continued during his existence, and, towards the latt, he is reported to have joked upon the redematous state of his legs, produced by the disturbance of...inquired of him how he was? to which he replied, " Why 1 am better in my legs than ever ; you see how much stouter they are!" His hobby retained full possession... | |
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His eccentricity continued during his existence, and towards the last he is reported to have joked upon the ocdematous state of his legs produced by the disturbance of the circulation and his difficulty of breathing. Some one inquired of him how he was... 