"Tone up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the next month Owen's annual holiday arrived. The authorities of the London and Suburban Bank were no niggards. They recognized that a man is not a machine. They gave their employees ten days in the year in which to tone up their systems for another twelve ...
— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse
... It will tone up your nervous system. But it's only for a week, mind! That's the limit of your reprieve before you go away. Don't imagine that stimulants and sedatives take the place of natural food or rest. Whatever—odds and ends you have to clear up must ...
— The Education of Eric Lane • Stephen McKenna |
