That commonly-accepted belief is slowly but surely disappearing before the fact that the body only becomes diseased as it is neglected, overfed or attacked by bacillae.
The strong distaste which George had had for plotting with this overfed menial began to wane.
Yet, with all their uncouth appearance, they are far more serviceable than his fat, sleek, overfed animals.
Indeed I am afraid weoverfed him, and induced apoplexy.
You have overfedthem with oats," I said to Halfred, severely.
The overfed eye of Fisher moved slowly from one to the other of us.
With tropical snipe in an overfed or moulting condition, it is possible that this might still be done; but it is to be greatly doubted whether any trained merlin or merlins could take fully-moulted English snipe.
She must therefore not be either overfed or underfed, but just made hungry enough before each meal-time to be really keen after her food.
The beginner should therefore be very sure that his hawk has been overfed before he shortens her daily supply of food.
A gentleman he mistook for an overfed broker turned out to be a popular clergyman with outdoor proclivities; a slim, poetic-looking youth who carried a copy of "Words and Wind" about the deck travelled for the Gold Leaf Lard Company.
When the full treatment has been reached, and kept up for a few days, I begin to watch the urine with care, because if the patient be overfed the renal secretion speedily betrays this result in the precipitation of urates.
Clean shaven and well dressed, the fellow would be indistinguishable from the thousands of overfed and overdrunk young business men, to be seen every day in the vulgar luxury of Pullman cars, hotel lobbies, and large bar-rooms.
When the overfed daughter of the family at his table was taken ill with a gastric fever, the anxious mamma sent for Jelly.
Very slightly original; just enough to mark a protest against the philistinism of the overfedtaskmasters of the poor.
He used to say that the bourgeoisie, the smug, overfed lot, had killed them.
The so-called pathogenic bacteria never thrive in the baby's body until the infant has been overfed or fed on improper food long enough to break down its resistance.
The horse when overfedon grain develops stiff joints.
If the child squirms and frets, it may be uncomfortable from being overfed or it may be thirsty.
In overfedboys the sex urge is so strong that they acquire secret habits, and sometimes commit overt acts.
A light baby is generally all healthy baby, and if properly cared for and not overfed will thrive.
Second, they show that when the mother is not overfed the infants are healthier.
When the emotions are overfed the result is a wild and sickly sentimentalism, a neurotic religion.
When reason is overfed in the exercise of religion, the result is a dry and barren rationalism.
Why, there was, for us, no more significance in living than there is to any overfed animal!
Quarren watched the car disappear, hopelessly followed by an overfed setter.
His aunt had cast him off; to him she was the overfed embodiment of society, so it pleased him to consider the rupture as one between society and himself.