Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dropped dead at the end of their race. The Greeks used to run at an alarming speed. As far as we can tell from the records, they made their longest run, three miles, in about ten minutes, and they were accustomed to make a running jump, with dumb-bells, off a spring board of between forty and fifty feet. Possibly such deeds might kill...
...best result is obtained from exercise when the body is in a state of perspiration, as then the blood is rushing more rapidly through the veins, the action of the heart is quicker and the energy developed is more intense. Care should be taken not to use too heavy dumb-bells and weights, as the good which would otherwise be derived is counterbalanced by the expenditure of vital energy and the general clogging up of the system. Suppose a man were to hold his arm in a horizontal position for fifteen minutes or half an hour, gradually the action becomes...
...capping, performed by the lord justice general, as chancellor of the university, was the signal for a tremendous burst of cheering. The noise and confusion continued during the remainder of the ceremony; and on the part of the occupants of the platform the proceedings were carried through in dumb show...
Though the lips of the ages be dumb and the eyes...
...recently built at Harvard. The plans for the building are to have one story and a large basement. The first floor is to be a room 100 feet by 70 feet, with a circular gallery at one end, besides a space for the regular marching and dumb bell exercises. It is to have all the modern appliances for gymnastics and physical exercise. The basement is to contain regular bath rooms, a spray bath room of 8 feet by 10, a hot room to dry and rub down in, a shower bath room, sparring room, statistic room, billiard rooms and bowling...