 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 208 páginas
...dreadful inheritance is the gout, the scurvy, or the King's evil, to transmit to our offspring ! how happy had it been for the heir of many a great estate, had...beggar, rather than to inherit his father's fortunes 28 fortunes at the expense of inheriting his diseases S . i " A person labouring under any incurable... | |
 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 244 páginas
...dreadful inheritance is the gout, the scurvy, or the King's evil, to transmit to our offspring! how happy had it been for the heir of many a great estate, had...born a beggar, rather than to inherit his father's ii . i . . • • <•• • fortunes • .j * Vide Dr. Buchao. fortunes at the expense of inheriting... | |
 | Axel Gustafson - 1884 - 624 páginas
...with intemperance and disease. What a dreadful inheritance is the gout, the scurvy, etc. ! How happy had it been for the heir of many a great estate had he been born a healthy beggar rather than to inherit his father's fortunes at the expense of inheriting his disease... | |
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... reasonable to expect a rich crop from a barren soil, as that strong and healthy children should be born of parents whose constitutions have been worn out with intemperance or disease,* " What a dreadful inheritance is the gout, the scurvy, or the... 