Example Sentences

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I had withdrawn from Public Life—I fondly thought forever—to pass the evening of my days in hydropathical pursuits, and the contemplation of virtue.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

Dismounting from our horses at a limpid spring-branch near the house, we slaked our thirst, and made our hydropathical breakfast from its cool and delicious water.

From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin