"Long-lived" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... meeting," Sylvester addressed his second son, "on your wedding-day, Oliver. Sorrel was of a long-lived race." ...
— Chanticleer - A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family • Cornelius Mathews
... advanced theories of their own composing. Of course they found adherents, especially when gain was scented, for to profit at another's expense is not unpopular, in some directions, from the top to the bottom of the world. But, as a rule, these theories were not long-lived. The company, so to speak, found themselves, and the innate good sense they claimed to have came to their aid, before the whole school was set generally by the ears, or the Over-Lord was called upon ...
— 'Murphy' - A Message to Dog Lovers • Major Gambier-Parry
... one advantage over the other fruits—they give quicker returns. But, as far as my experience goes, they are not as long-lived. The sour type is hardier, at least north of New Jersey, than the sweet. It will probably pay to try a few of the new and highly recommended varieties. Of the established sorts Early Richmond is a good early, to be followed by Montmorency and English Morello. Windsor is a good sweet cherry, ...
— Home Vegetable Gardening • F. F. Rockwell
... from 7 to 19 percent protein. Before the industrial era ruined most wheat by turning it into white flour, wheat-eating peoples from regions where the cereal naturally contains abundant protein tended to be tall, healthy and long-lived. Wheat-eating humans from regions that produce low protein grain tended to be small, sickly and short-lived. (McCarrison, ...
— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon
... why, seeing that though a long-lived one, she was still a woman, whereon her face assumed a calm but terrifying smile, and she answered—"Art so sure, my Holly? Tell me, do your women wear such jewels as that set upon my brow?" and she pointed to the faint but lambent light ...
— Ayesha - The Further History of She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed • H. Rider Haggard
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