The Immortal mentor, or, Man's unerring guide to a healthy, wealthy, & happy life : in three parts / by Lewis Cornaro, Dr. Franklin, and Dr. Scott.

Date:
1810
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    tlemen who make this objection, are so unhappily wedded to the poor pleasure of eating and drinking, that they cannot think of moderating it, and as an ex- cuse for themselves, they choose to talk at this extravagant rate. However, I pity these gentlemen with all my heart, though they deserve for their intemper- ance, to be tormented with a complica- tion of distempers, and to be the vic- tims of their passions a whole eternity. CHAP. IV. OF THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF MAN. 1 HAT I may not be deficient in that duty of charity which all men owe to one another, or lose one moment of that pleasure which conscious useful-