 | 1862
...from the popular belief, viz. that pain is most acutely felt by those in whom the animal organisation being perfect, and the sense of vitality exquisitely...that the savage has a health superior to that of the civilised man, — if the civilised man be but temperate ; — and even if not, he has the stamina... | |
 | 1865
...as perfect as yours ; a nervous system as fine. Witness their marvellous accuracy of ear, of eye, ot scent, probably also of touch, yet they are indifferent...civilized man, — if the civilized man be but temperate j — and even if not, he has the stamina that can resist for years the eSect of excesses which would... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - Liczba stron: 499
...susceptibility to suffering confirms my opinion, which is different from the popular belief, — namely, that pain is most acutely felt by those in whom the...man, — if the civilized man be but temperate; and ever if not, he has the stamina that can resist for years the effect of excesses which would destroy... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1901 - Liczba stron: 537
...from the popular belief, viz., that pain is most acutely felt by those in whom the animal organisation being perfect, and the sense of vitality exquisitely...that the savage has a health superior to that of the civilised man, — if the civilised man be but temperate; — and even if not, he has the stamina that... | |
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... being perfect, and the sense of vitality exquisitely keen, every injury or lesion finds the whole system rise, as it were, to repel the mischief and communicate the consciousness of it to all those nerves which are the sentinels to the garrison of... 