Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 1105
performer fills his lungs with air, sinks his body slowlyto the bottom, and there remains for what seems a considerable time;but it is probably not more than a minute or a minute and a half. Whenthe air has been held in the lungs as long as possible, the performerbreathes some of it out, and… … SWIMMING UNDliK WATEll posely the swimmer under water does unconsciously. The difficultywith the breath is one that the adept soon gets over, for directly he feels oppressed byholding his breathhe rises to the sur-face almost asnaturally and me-chanically as doesthe whale when hewants to…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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