... a moderate quantity, making my dinner mostly of vegetables. At the meal which is called tea, I take only a little bread and butter, with fruit, if it be on the table. In town, where I dine later, I make but two meals a day. Fruit makes a considerable... Igerne and Other Writings - Page 300by Arthur Handly Marks - 1897 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1884 - 640 pages
...after about three hours, return, always walking, whatever the state of the weather or the streets. . . My drink is water, yet I sometimes, though rarely, take a glass of wine. I never meddle with tobacco, except to quarrel with its use." It is a touching story, the last few days... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - American literature - 1900 - 394 pages
...of the streets. ... In the country I dine early, . . . making my dinner mostly of vegetable. . . . My drink is water, yet I sometimes, though rarely, take a glass of wine." — Godwin's life of Bryant, Vol. II., pp. 297-298. 1 Life of Bryant, Vol. I., p. 334. 2 Commemorative... | |
| Will Carleton - 1908 - 788 pages
...take but two meals a day. Fruit makes a considerable part of my diet, and I eat it at almost any hour of the day without inconvenience. My drink is water,...take a glass of wine. I am a natural temperance man, rinding myself rather confused than exhilarated by wine. I never meddle with tobacco, excepting to... | |
| Education - 1871 - 474 pages
...make but two meals a day. Fruit makes a considerable part of my diet, and I eat it at almost any hour of the day without inconvenience. My drink is water,...glass of wine. I am a natural Temperance man, finding myselC rather confused than exhilarated by wine. I never meddle with tobacco, except to quarrel with... | |
| William C. Bryant - 1992 - 492 pages
...take but two meals a day. Fruit makes a considerable part of my diet, and I eat it at almost any hour of the day without inconvenience. My drink is water,...sometimes, though rarely, take a glass of wine. I never meddle with tobacco, except to quarrel with its use. That I may rise early, I, of course, go... | |
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