His corpulency overbalanced the jib, and gradually the sail began to ascend, to the astonishment of the cook, who stood near by, and to the wrath of the captain on the quarter-deck.
Shall his corpulency and his vanities be recorded, and his more characteristic quality of Cowardice, even in the moment that it particularly demanded notice and reflection, be forgotten?
But in such case he should have been exhibited active and young; for it is plain that age and corpulency are an excuse for Cowardice, which ought not to be afforded him.
Sidenote: Corpulency considered unhealthy] Even the excessive material packed away in the wholesome form of fat may, merely by its bulk, become an impediment to the circulation.
The corpulency which was one day to envelop him like suet was already giving him the appearance of ten years his senior.
After what might have been minutes or hours, then, the door opened and without preamble Robert Visigoth walked in, and in the wide-kneed fashion forced upon him by corpulency seated himself beside her desk.
Mr. Russell will be pleased to give to all readers suffering from Obesity a copy of his book, "Corpulency and the Cure," 256 pages.
Corpulency and the Cure," a dainty little book of some 256 pages, is now in its eighteenth edition.
The perusal of a little book entitled "Corpulency and the Cure," by F.
Take for example an inhabitant of Morocco where corpulency is commonly regarded as an element of beauty in women.
Socrates would then remember his Mrs. Nuttall again, and refer to an old herbal which claimed that "excessive corpulency may be reduced" by taking a few nettle-seeds daily.
He would admit that he had never made a trial of this cure, as he had no desire to get rid of the corpulency with which the gods had seen fit to endow him.
Comprising the Art of Dining on Correct Principles, Consistent with Easy Digestion, the Avoidance of Corpulency and Cure of Leanness; together with Special Remarks on these Subjects.
The Handbook of Dining; or, Corpulencyand Leanness Scientifically Considered.
They enlarged in size, putting on a crimson corpulency into which the sunbeams infused a sweetened juiciness which is the peculiar charm of the perfectly ripened fruit.
In some countries corpulency has been considered an adornment of the female sex.
He was an active man till within a year or two of his death; when his corpulency so overpowered his strength, that his life was a burthen to him; yet, as we have seen, he was ten stone four pounds lighter than Lambert.
Corpulency naturally subjects its bearers to some of "The thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "corpulency" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
