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Article AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. ← Page 3 of 3 Article COLONEL TITUS's LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Page 1 of 2 →
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An Historical Essay On Longevity.
exhibited frequent proofs of his strength during the last years of his life . In the year 1757 , J . Effingham died in Cornwall , in the 144 th year of his age . He was born of poor parents , in the reign of James I . and had been brought up to labour from his . infancy . He had served long as a soldier ; and had been present at the battle of Hochstedt .
He at length returned to the place of his nativity , and worked as a day-labourer till his death . It is to be remarked , that in his youth lie never drank strong , heating liquors ; that-he always lived remarkably temperate , and seldom ate flesh . Till his 100 th year he scarcely knew what sickness was ; and , eight days before his end , he had walked three miles . In the year 1792 diedin the duchy of Holsteinan . industrious
day-, , labourer named Stender , in the 103 d year of his age . His food , lor the most part , was nothing but oat-meal " and butter-milk . He rarely ate flesh ; and what , he used was much salted . He scarcely ever had thirst , and therefore drank very seldom . He was fond of smoking tobacco . In his old age he first began to drink tea , and sometimes coffee . He lost his teeth early . He ivas never sick ; and could not be out of humour ; that is to say , it was physically impossible that
his gall should ever overflow . He avoided with great care every cause of strife . He had the greatest trust in Providence ; and this was his consolation and support in all his troubles . One of the most singular instances that , amidst the fickle sports of fortune , continual danger , and the , post destructive influences , the life of man may be preserved to an incredible length , is the follow , jug :- —An old soldier named Mittelstcdt died in Prussiain the
, year 1793 , in the 112 th year of his age . This man was born atFissahn , in that country , in June 1681 ; and was lost at the gaming-table by his master , who in one evening staked his whole equipage and six more servants . He then entered into the army , and served as a soldier 6 7 years . He was present in all ' the campaigns under Frederick I , Frederick William I . and Frederick II . and , in particular , in those of
. the war of seven years ; and had been engaged in seventeen general actions , in which he braved numberless dangers and received many wounds . In the war of seven years his horse was shot under him , and be was then taken' prisoner by the Russians . —After supporting all these difficulties . he married ; and having lost two wives he married a third , in 1790 , when he was in the nothyearof his age . A little before his death he was still able to walk two miles every mouth , to , receive his small pension .
Colonel Titus's Letter To Oliver Cromwell.
COLONEL TITUS ' s LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL .
A S a master-piece of elegant . . and keen satire , we have been re ? •*¦ -k- quested by a friend of the Scientific Magazine to present our leaders with the following Letter , inserted in the Appendix to Lord Clarendon ' s Works . It has been generally attributed to Colonel Titus ; and is said to have had such an effect upon Cromwell , that he
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An Historical Essay On Longevity.
exhibited frequent proofs of his strength during the last years of his life . In the year 1757 , J . Effingham died in Cornwall , in the 144 th year of his age . He was born of poor parents , in the reign of James I . and had been brought up to labour from his . infancy . He had served long as a soldier ; and had been present at the battle of Hochstedt .
He at length returned to the place of his nativity , and worked as a day-labourer till his death . It is to be remarked , that in his youth lie never drank strong , heating liquors ; that-he always lived remarkably temperate , and seldom ate flesh . Till his 100 th year he scarcely knew what sickness was ; and , eight days before his end , he had walked three miles . In the year 1792 diedin the duchy of Holsteinan . industrious
day-, , labourer named Stender , in the 103 d year of his age . His food , lor the most part , was nothing but oat-meal " and butter-milk . He rarely ate flesh ; and what , he used was much salted . He scarcely ever had thirst , and therefore drank very seldom . He was fond of smoking tobacco . In his old age he first began to drink tea , and sometimes coffee . He lost his teeth early . He ivas never sick ; and could not be out of humour ; that is to say , it was physically impossible that
his gall should ever overflow . He avoided with great care every cause of strife . He had the greatest trust in Providence ; and this was his consolation and support in all his troubles . One of the most singular instances that , amidst the fickle sports of fortune , continual danger , and the , post destructive influences , the life of man may be preserved to an incredible length , is the follow , jug :- —An old soldier named Mittelstcdt died in Prussiain the
, year 1793 , in the 112 th year of his age . This man was born atFissahn , in that country , in June 1681 ; and was lost at the gaming-table by his master , who in one evening staked his whole equipage and six more servants . He then entered into the army , and served as a soldier 6 7 years . He was present in all ' the campaigns under Frederick I , Frederick William I . and Frederick II . and , in particular , in those of
. the war of seven years ; and had been engaged in seventeen general actions , in which he braved numberless dangers and received many wounds . In the war of seven years his horse was shot under him , and be was then taken' prisoner by the Russians . —After supporting all these difficulties . he married ; and having lost two wives he married a third , in 1790 , when he was in the nothyearof his age . A little before his death he was still able to walk two miles every mouth , to , receive his small pension .
Colonel Titus's Letter To Oliver Cromwell.
COLONEL TITUS ' s LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL .
A S a master-piece of elegant . . and keen satire , we have been re ? •*¦ -k- quested by a friend of the Scientific Magazine to present our leaders with the following Letter , inserted in the Appendix to Lord Clarendon ' s Works . It has been generally attributed to Colonel Titus ; and is said to have had such an effect upon Cromwell , that he