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... appetites of the patient . You must learn , however , to distinguish between false ap- petite and true . There is such a thing as a false appetite , which will lead a man into vagaries with 25 THOMAS CARLYLE.
... appetites of the patient . You must learn , however , to distinguish between false ap- petite and true . There is such a thing as a false appetite , which will lead a man into vagaries with 25 THOMAS CARLYLE.
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... appetite for , what suits his constitution and condition ; and that , doctors tell him , is in gen- eral the very thing he ought to have . And so with books . - I do not know whether it has been sufficiently brought home to you that ...
... appetite for , what suits his constitution and condition ; and that , doctors tell him , is in gen- eral the very thing he ought to have . And so with books . - I do not know whether it has been sufficiently brought home to you that ...
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... appetite which the author can no more impart , than the most skilful cook can give an appetency to the guests . When Cardinal Richelieu said to Godeau , that he did not understand his verses , the honest poet replied , that it was not ...
... appetite which the author can no more impart , than the most skilful cook can give an appetency to the guests . When Cardinal Richelieu said to Godeau , that he did not understand his verses , the honest poet replied , that it was not ...
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